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2. What unit of
1. What would you use to
measurement would 3. Would it be best to use
measure a pencil? A
you use to measure the a metric ruler or a
centimeter, a
length of a paper clip? A meter stick to measure
decimeter, or a meter?
millimeter, centimeter, the classroom door?
or a decimeter?
4. How many centimeters 5. How many decimeters 6. How many centimeters
are in a decimeter? are in a meter? are in a meter?
7. Which is longer, a 8. What part of your body
9. What part of your body
centimeter or a is approximately 1
is about an inch long?
decimeter? centimeter?
12. If you added one
10. Your book measures 15
decimeter to 24
centimeters. How long 11. How many centimeters
centimeters, how many
would it be if you added are in two decimeters?
centimeters would you
2 more centimeters?
have?
13. A piece of paper is a
meter long. You cut off
14. What does the word 15. A metric ruler is how
two decimeters. How
“about” mean? many centimeters?
many decimeters would
you have left?
20. My brother is two times
21. I have a pet boa constrictor
19. How do you find the taller than my baby sister. My
that is 5 decimeters long. Is he
perimeter of a square? baby sister is two decimeters
longer than a meter?
tall. How tall is my brother?
27. Your foot is 24 centimeters
25. My sister’s jump rope is 10 26. My brother is 6 decimeters
long. Mine is 28 centimeters
decimeters long. How many tall. How many centimeters is
long. How much longer is my
meters is that? that?
foot than yours?
28. The TV electric cord is 7
29. My dog is 4 decimeters tall
decimeters long. The electric 30. A bedroom measures 8
when he stands on all four
wall outlet is 9 decimeters decimeters by 10 decimeters.
paws. My cat is 1 decimeter
away from the TV. How many What is the perimeter of the
tall. How much taller is my dog
more decimeters of cord do I bedroom?
than my cat?
need to reach the plug?
31. My electric train set has 10 32. The front door of our
cars on it. Each one measures house measures 8 decimeters
33. How many decimeters are
1 centimeter long. How many from the floor to the top. I am
in 4 meters?
decimeters in length is my train 60 centimeters tall. How much
set? taller is the door than me?
35. On Field Day, my friend 36. Today we went to Subway.
jumped 3 decimeters from the We got a sandwich that was 1
34. A meter stick measures
starting line and I jumped 30 decimeter long. My brother
100 centimeters. How many
centimeters. How many ate 6 centimeters of the
decimeters is that?
centimeters longer did I jump sandwich. How much was left
than my friend? for me to eat?
38. Ms. Hall asked each
37. Dad bought an 8 decimeter student on our jump rope team
high front door for our new to bring a 40 centimeter long 39. Mr. Jones gave each of us a
house. It was supposed to be rope to practice for the contest piece of tape that was 2
10 decimeters high. How many next week. If there are 10 centimeters long. How long
decimeters less was the door students on our team, how would two pieces of tape be if
he bought than the size it many decimeters of rope they were put together?
should have been? would there be between us in
all?
40. Yesterday we built a 7 41. If an elephant is 7
42. What is the measurement
decimeter tall snowman. It decimeters tall and a giraffe is
halfway between 1 centimeter
melted 2 decimeters today 13 decimeters tall. How much
and 2 centimeter lines on a
while we were at school. How taller is the giraffe than the
ruler?
tall is it now? elephant?
44. Would you measure your
43. Which is longer, a meter or 45. How many inches are there
book by centimeters or
a centimeter? in a yard?
meters?
46. If a mirror is 100
47. Are meters longer or 48. How many inches does a
centimeters tall, how many
shorter than centimeters? yardstick have on it?
meters is that?
51. The distance from your
49. A table measures 90 50. Would you use
house to school would best be
centimeters. Is it longer than a centimeters or meters to
measured by centimeters or
meter? measure a pair of scissors?
meters?
52. A hair brush is better 53. A paintbrush is about 20
54. What part of your body is
measured by centimeters or centimeters. How long would
approximately 1 centimeter?
meters? 3 paintbrushes be all together?