Measuring Lengths to a Quarter Inch

What unit of measurement would you use to measure a pencil?

• Inches 

• Feet

• Yards

• Miles

Vocabulary How far an object is from end to end 

• Length

• Weight

• Mass

Choose the most appropriate unit to measure the length of a pencil. 

• Inches

• Feet

• Yards

• Miles

Which of these would best be measured using a ruler?

• The distance between your school and house

• The length of a paper clip

• The height of a tree

• How far a dog can run

Measure to the nearest quarter-inch.

• 1 inch

• 1/2 inch

• 1/4 inch

• 2/4 inch

Measure to the nearest quarter-inch.

• 1/4 inch

• 1/2 inch

• 1 inch

• 1 2/4 inches

Measure to the nearest quarter inch.

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Measure the line to the nearest quarter inch. Remember when counting by quarter inches, wholes and halves are included.

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 4

• 1/4 inch

• 1/2 inch

• 3/4 inch

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/4