4.GM.2.6 Guided Practice

State the largest unit of measure (millimeter, centimeter, or meter) that could be used when measuring the thickness of a penny.

• meter
• centimeter

• millimeter

State the largest unit of measure (millimeter, centimeter, or meter) that could be used when measuring the width of a penny.

• meter
• centimeter

• millimeter

State the largest unit of measure (millimeter, centimeter, or meter) that could be used when measuring the length of a swimming pool.

• meter
• centimeter

• millimeter

State the largest unit of measure (millimeter, centimeter, or meter) that could be used when measuring the distance of a running event at a track meet.

Compare the widths of the bolts and circle the wider one.

• a bolt that is 5mm wide

• a bolt that is 5cm wide

Compare the lengths of the dashes and circle the further one.

• 100-meter dash

• 200 cm dash

What fraction of a centimeter is 1 millimeter?

• 1/10
• 1/100

Convert 5 centimeters to millimeters.

• 50 mm

• 5 mm

• 500 mm

• 0.5 mm

Convert 3 meters to centimeters.

• 30 cm

• 300 cm

• 3000 cm

• 3 cm

Convert 12 centimeters to millimeters.

• 120 mm

• 12 mm

• 1.2 mm

• 1200 mm