Measurement

Teacher-led slideshow to review units of measure for: volume/capacity length weight

Virginia Math SOL 3.14

Teacher Notes
The answers to these questions are not included. The purpose of this slideshow is to give teachers and students a chance to dialogue about the various units of measure. Give students an opportunity to justify their answer choices and explain their reasoning.

Virginia Math SOL SOL 3.14

The student will estimate and then use actual measuring devices with metric and U.S. Customary units to measure lengthinches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters; liquid volumecups, pints, quarts, gallons, and liters; and weight/massounces, pounds, grams, and kilograms.

The length of an eraser?

Inches Feet Yards Meters

The amount of water that will fill a tub?

Cups Pints Gallons

the length of your finger?

Yards Centimeters Feet Meters

the weight of this backpack when filled with books?

Grams Ounces pounds Kilograms

The width of a cell phone?

Inches Feet Yards Kilometers

the weight of a letter?

Grams Ounces pounds Kilograms

the width of a piano key?

Centimeters Feet Yards Meters

the amount of water that will fill a washing machine?

Ounces Cups Pints Gallons

the length of an airplane

Centimeters Inches Feet Yards/Meters

the width of an envelope?

Inches Feet Yards Meters

the weight of a lady bug?

Grams Ounces Pounds Kilograms

the height of a giraffe?

Centimeters Inches Meters Feet

the weight of a killer whale?

Grams Ounces Pounds Kilograms

the length of a crayon?

Centimeters Feet Yards Meters

the height of a school bus?

Centimeters Inches Yards/Meters

Cups Liters Gallons

the amount of coffee that will fill this container?

the amount of gasoline that will fill this container?

Ounces Cups Quarts/Liters Gallons

 amount of gasoline to fill this tank?

Cups Pints Ounces Gallons

the weight of one bunch of bananas

Grams Ounces Pounds Kilograms

The weight of a small slice of watermelon?

Grams Ounces Pounds Kilograms

the weight of a small frog?

Grams Ounces pounds Kilograms

Ounces Gallons Pints Quarts

The amount of root beer in this float?

the length of a goldfish?

Centimeters Inches Feet Yards/Meters

the length of a pencil?

Inches Feet Yards Meters

the weight of one noodle?

Grams Ounces pounds Kilograms

the weight of one grape, jelly bean, or paperclip?

Gram Ounce pound Kilogram

the weight of a bag of apples?

Grams Ounces pounds Kilograms

the weight of a pencil?

Grams Pounds Kilograms Tons

the length of an ear of ear of corn?

Inches Feet Meters Yards

the weight of one pepper?

Ounces Pounds kilograms

the amount of coffee in a mug?

Ounces Liters Gallons pints

the thickness of a wallet?

meters feet inches yards

the height of a

Pounds Inches Feet Pints

can of spray paint?

Yards meters inches feet

The width of a case for a Compact Disc (CD)

the weight of a mouse?

Ounces Pounds Kilograms centimeters

a large spoon can hold about one

Quart Pint Ounce Gallon

the weight of a piece of luggage?

Pounds Gallons Ounces Feet

the amount of liquid that would fill a barrel.

Cups Ounces Gallons Grams

the height of a desk?

Centimeters Inches Feet Meters

The weight of an ear of corn?

Ounces Pounds Feet Kilograms

the amount of water to fill a swimming pool?

Cups Pints Liters Gallons

..the length of a clothesline?

Centimeters Inches Pounds Yards/Meters