Measurement

Laura and Bill are having a beanbag throwing contest and need to measure each throw.  What is the most appropriate tool to measure their throws?

• Ruler
• Paper clips
• Meter stick
• Centimeter cubes

The pencil box is 24 centimeters in length and 12 centimeters wide.  How many more centimeters is the length than the width?

• 5 cm
• 12 cm
• 24 cm
• 36 cm

Use the broken centimeter ruler to solve the problem. A grasshopper jumped 7 centimeters forward and 4 centimeters back and then stopped.  If the grasshopper started at 18, where did the grasshopper stop?

• 7
• 18
• 21
• 25

Bill throws his beanbag 5 meters, which is 2 meters farther than Laura threw her beanbag.  How far did Laura throw her beanbag?

• 3 meters
• 5 meters
• 2 meters
• 7 meters