Nonstandard Units of Measurement

Alana wants to measure the length, width, and height 2D and 3D shapes found around the classroom. She cannot find her ruler anywhere! What nonstandard units of measurements could be used instead?

___________ would be the BEST nonstandard tool for measuring the volume of an octagonal prism.

Select all of the nonstandard tools that could be used to measure the volume of a sphere.

• beans

• rice

• pattern blocks

• ruler

• sand

I want to measure the volume of an ice cream cone, but I only have Hershey kisses? Would this be an accurate unit of measurement? Why?

• 15 cubes

• 9 cubes

• 11 cubes

• 7 cubes

• 9 cubes

• 6 cubes

• paper clips

• pencils

How many paper clips did it take to measure the puzzle?

• 10 paper clips

• 9 paper clips

• 7 paper clips

Which tool did it take more of to measure the puzzle?

• paintbrushes

• paper clips

Compare the pens. Use the purple string to help.The blue pen is shorter or  longer than the red pen.

• shorter 

• longer 

• taller