Measurement Practice

Which units are standard units of measurement?

• pennies

• centimeters, meters, and inches

• paper clips

What measurement tools do we use to measure with standard units?

• rulers and meter sticks

• string

• hammer

Which unit of measurement would be best for measuring an elephant's height?

• pennies

• centimeters

• meters

Which unit of measurement would be best for measuring the length of a pencil?

• pennies

• centimeters

• meters

Which unit of measurement would be best to measure the length of a paper airplane?

• inches

• meters

What is the length of the paper clip?

• 6 inches

• 6 centimeters

• 5 centimeters

How long is the crayon? (Hint! Is it lined up with the zero?)

• 11 centimeters

• 9 centimeters

• 10 inches

How long is the line?

• 10 centimeters

• 10 meters

• 10 inches

Line A is 14 cm long. Line B is 7 cm long. How much longer is Line A than Line B?

• 7 cm longer

• 21 cm longer

• 6 cm longer

Line C is 9 cm long. Line D is 8 cm long. Which number sentence could you use to find the total length of both lines together?

• 9 - 8 = 1

• 9 + 8 = 19

• 9 + 8 = 17