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 Contents
Introduction ..................................................................... 4

Measuring Length ............................................................ 7

Exploring Measuring ....................................................... 11
Measuring Lines in Inches .............................................. 13
Inches and Half-Inches .................................................... 16
Measuring Lines in Centimeters ..................................... 19
Measuring to the Nearest Centimeter ............................ 21
Some More Measuring .................................................... 24
Measuring to the Nearest Fourth-Inch .......................... 27
Centimeters and Millimeters .......................................... 31
Line Plots and More Measuring ..................................... 35
Feet and Miles .................................................................. 38
Feet, Yards, and Miles ..................................................... 41
Meters and Kilometers 1 ................................................. 43
Meters and Kilometers 2 ................................................. 45
Review 1 ............................................................................ 47

Weight in Pounds ............................................................. 48

Pounds and Ounces .......................................................... 50
Weight in Kilograms ........................................................ 54
Grams and Kilograms ..................................................... 56
Cups, Pints, Quarts, and Gallons ................................... 60
Milliliters and Liters ........................................................ 63
Review 2 ............................................................................ 65

Answers ............................................................................. 67
More from Math Mammoth ............................................ 76

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 Introduction
Math Mammoth Measuring 1 is a worktext that covers measuring length, weight, and volume for
grades 1-3. The book contains both textbook explanations and exercises, and is designed to be very
easy to teach from, requiring fairly little teacher preparation; however in several lessons you need to
find beforehand measuring equipment such as a ruler or a scale or measuring cups.

If you have the downloadable version of this book (PDF file), you need to print this file as 100%, not
“shrink to fit,” “print to fit,” or similar. If you print “shrink to fit”, some exercises about measuring in
inches and centimeters will not come out right, but will be “shrunk” compared to reality.

The lessons in this book come from the Math Mammoth complete curriculum (Light Blue Series) for
grades 1-3, and therefore the progression of lessons in this book is in a few places a little awkward. I
have grouped the lessons together this way:
• the first two lessons have to do with exploring the concept of measuring (grade 1),
• then come lessons about measuring in inches and centimeters (grades 1-3),
• then lessons about feet, yards, miles, meters, and kilometers (grades 2-3),
• next are lessons about measuring weight (grades 2-3),
• and lastly lessons about measuring volume (grade 3).
The lessons concentrate on hands-on exercises where the student actually measures things. I have only
included a few problems about conversion between measuring units; students will study those more in
later grades.
The lessons on measuring weight have several activities to do at home using a bathroom scales. The
goal is to let students become familiar with pounds and kilograms, and have an idea of how many
pounds or kilograms some common things weigh. In order to estimate weight, a child has to know the
approximate weights of some objects, and then compare the weight of the unknown object to some
known weight. This knowledge is gained through experience.
Similarly, in studying volume, the lessons include many hands-on activities so that the student gets
first-hand experience in measuring, and has a basic knowledge of how “big” the units cup, pint, quart,
gallon, milliliter, and liter are.
When it comes to measuring, experience is the best teacher. We all use various measuring units in our
everyday life, and using them is the key to remembering what they are and what the conversion factors
are. Naturally, people in the United States often do not use the metric system a lot, while people
elsewhere do not use the customary system. The units your child is not using are likely to be forgotten
easily. So encourage the student(s) to have free play time with measuring devices such as a scale,
measuring cups, a measuring tape, and rulers—including equipment that uses metric units.
Math Mammoth Blue Series also has another worktext about measuring, Math Mammoth Measuring 2,
which is a sequel to this one. In it, students practice measurement unit conversions and problem
solving.
I wish you success in teaching math!
Maria Miller, the author

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Helpful Resources on the Internet
You can use these free online resources to supplement the “bookwork” as you see fit.

GENERAL

Measures
An online activity about metric measuring units and how to read scales, a measuring cup, and a ruler.
Note: you will need to use the British spellings “centimetres” and “millilitres” in the activity.
http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/674

Conversion Quizzes - ThatQuiz.org

Create customizable quizzes about conversions between measuring units.
https://www.thatquiz.org/tq-n/science/metric-system/

Reading Scales
Illustrate how to read a variety of measuring devices, such as scales, a measuring cup, and a thermometer. You
can generate examples using different scales on different devices.
http://www.teacherled.com/resources/dials/dialsload.html

MEASURING LENGTH

The Ruler Game

Click on the given measurement on a ruler. You can choose to practice whole inches, half, 1/4, 1/8, or 1/16 parts
of an inch.
http://www.rulergame.net/

Measure It!
Practice measuring lines with either centimeters or inches. Multiple choice questions.
https://www.funbrain.com/games/measure-it

Reading a Tape Measure Worksheets

Generate printable worksheets - you can choose to which accuracy to measure: inches, or inches and feet.
http://themathworksheetsite.com/read_tape.html

Reading a Metric Ruler

This page has illustrated instructions and then a short practice exercise.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161111010020/http://www.texasgateway.org:80/node/3970

Length Quiz
Choose the best measurement for each object in this interactive online quiz.
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/length_measurement/quiz2107.html

Measurement Quiz
Practice measuring fish to the nearest quarter of an inch with this interactive 10-question quiz.
https://www.thatquiz.org/tq-9/?-j4-l2-mpnv600-p0

Metric Length Matching

Match the correct conversions.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/measurement/MeasurementMeters.htm

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LINE PLOTS

Data Analysis: Line Plots

First, play a game. Then, make a line plot using the game scores.
http://www.k5learning.com/sample-lessons/grade-3-data-analysis

Solve Problems with Line Plots

Answer questions using line plots and data sets.
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/early-math/cc-early-math-measure-data-topic/cc-early-math-line-plots/e/solving-problems-with-line-plots-1

MEASURING WEIGHT/MASS

Interactive Measuring Scales

Add weights to the scales and choose to show or hide the total weight.
https://www.emaths.co.uk/images/Virtual_Manipulatives/Measuring_Scales.swf

Scales Reader
Simple online practice of reading the scales. Choose “up to 500 g” or “up to 1 kg” for this level.
http://www.ictgames.com/weight.html

Mostly Postie!
Choose “grams”. Place a letter on the scale, and enter the reading, and click “check.”
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/mostlyPostie/index.html

Ounce or Pound
Click and drag to show which unit you would use to weigh the object.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/ounces_pounds/

Get the Weight

Estimate the weight of the items that are placed on the balance scale. The longer you hold down the mouse
button, the bigger your estimate of its weight. Available both for customary and metric units.
http://www.mathnook.com/math/get-the-weight-standard.html

http://www.mathnook.com/math/get-the-weight-metric.html

Best Measure
Match each thing with its best estimated weight.
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/measurement/BestMeasure2.htm

Measurement Game for Kids

Measure the length and weight of various parcels using the interactive scales and ruler, so you can give them a
stamp with the correct postage rate. Uses grams and centimeters.
http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/geometry/measurement.html

VOLUME/CAPACITY

Gallon Bot or Gallon Man

This is a graphical creation that allows students to better visualize the customary units of volume.
https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/pz-gallon-man.html

Taking Measures Capacity Game

Click on the object on the table that best matches the measure or object at the top of the screen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/ma23capa-game-taking-measures-capacity

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 Measuring Length
In this lesson, we measure things to find how long or how wide they are as compared
to other things. For all measuring, you need a measuring unit. You repeat the
measuring unit many times, and compare it to the thing you are measuring.

1. Measure how wide or how long things are, using shoes as measuring units.
You need: two small shoes and two bigger shoes.
a. Measure a desk or a table. Place one shoe at the edge of the
table and the other one directly behind it. Then move the first
shoe in front of the second, and so on. Keep count.

The table is ______ small shoes wide.

The table is ______ big shoes wide.

b. Measure two more things now, using both the small shoes and the big shoes.
Some ideas:
• how wide the blackboard is; • how long your friend is when lying on the floor;
• how tall your chair is; • how long the room is.

The ____________________________ is ______ small shoes wide.

The ____________________________ is ______ big shoes wide.

The ____________________________ is ______ small shoes wide.

The ____________________________ is ______ big shoes wide.

2. Ryan noticed that each daddy shoe was about three baby shoes.
Ryan measured his desk and it was four daddy shoes wide, like this:

How many baby-shoes wide is Ryan’s desk?

Hint: Draw the baby shoes under the daddy shoes.

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3. Ryan measured that his room was 27 shoes wide, using daddy shoes.
He also measured it using baby shoes.
Was Ryan’s room 81 baby shoes wide, or 9 baby shoes wide?

4. Measure the length of small things with paperclips.

You need: several paperclips that are the same size,
small things to measure such as an eraser, a pencil,
crayons, toys, or books.
Write the things below in order, from shortest to longest.

__________________________________________ ______ paperclips

__________________________________________ ______ paperclips

__________________________________________ ______ paperclips

__________________________________________ ______ paperclips

__________________________________________ ______ paperclips

5. How many crayons long are these pencils? How many paperclips long are they?

a.

b.

c.

d.

pencil a. _______ crayons long; _______ paperclips long

pencil b. _______ crayons long; _______ paperclips long

pencil c. _______ crayons long; _______ paperclips long

pencil d. _______ crayons long; _______ paperclips long

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 Sometimes we cannot easily tell
about two things which one is longer
or wider. We can use a third thing as
a “measuring stick.” Look at these
two houses. Can you tell which one is
longer?

Now let’s use this “log” as a measuring stick:

House 1 is a little shorter than our log. House 2 is a little longer than our log.

Is house 1 longer than house 2? Or the other way around?

House 2 is longer than house 1, because it is longer than our log,
whereas house 1 is shorter than the log.

6. Compare the things to the “measuring stick.” Mark the longer of the two.

a.

b.

c.

d.

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7. Draw a picture to match the situation. You can use stick figures.

a. Jerry is shorter than the top of the cabinet.

The top of the cabinet is shorter than Mike.

b. The table is taller than little Kyle. Little Mary is taller than the table.

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 Exploring Measuring
Besides measuring length, we also measure things to find how heavy something is,
how much liquid it holds, or how much space it takes, as compared to other things.

1. Find five things you can carry, some lighter and some heavier. Put them in order from
the lightest to the heaviest. You can draw the things or write them in the space below.

2. Order these things from lightest to heaviest by writing 1, 2, and 3 next to them. Don’t
just go by which picture looks bigger. Think how heavy these things would be in
real life.

a.

b.

c.

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3. If you have a bathroom scale, step on it and measure how much you weigh. Weigh
some other things, also. If your scale measures in pounds, write “lb” after the number,
such as 45 lb. If it measures in kilograms, write “kg”, such as 22 kg.

I weigh ______ ______.

____________________________________ weighs ______ ______.

____________________________________ weighs ______ ______.

____________________________________ weighs ______ ______.

For all measuring, you need a measuring unit. You repeat the measuring
unit a lot of times to compare it to the thing you are measuring.

4. Measure how much water a pot holds.

You need: water, a large coffee cup, a food jar, and a pot or other big container.
Fill the cup with water and pour into the pot. Repeat until the pot is full.
Keep count of how many cups full of water you need to fill the pot.

The pot holds ________ cups full of water.

Now do the same using a jar:

The pot holds ________ jars of water.

5. Measure how much water a jar or a cup holds.

You need: water, a small measuring cup, a food jar, a drinking glass.
Fill the measuring cup with water and pour it into the food jar.
Repeat until the jar is full. Keep count.

The jar holds ________ measuring cups of water.

Now do the same with a large drinking glass.

The glass holds ________ measuring cups of water.

6. Peter measured how much water fits into a bucket. First he measured it
using a large drinking glass. The bucket holds 32 big drinking glasses.
Then he measured it using a smaller drinking glass. Which is correct:
did the bucket hold 19 or 53 smaller drinking glasses?
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 Measuring Lines in Inches
This line is 1 inch long.

We also write “1 in.” for short.

1. How many inches are end-to-end?

a. ______ inches

b. ______ inches

c. ______ inches

d.
______ inches

2. How many inches long are these items?

______ in.

______ in.

______ in.

______ in.

______ in.

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3. How many inches? Measure these lines with your ruler.

4. Measure the sides of the triangles.

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5. Use a ruler and draw lines with these lengths:

a. 4 in.

b. 2 in.

c. 5 in.

d. 7 in.

e. 1 in.

f. 8 in.

6. Draw the last side for these figures with a ruler. Then measure all the sides of each figure.
Write the measurement next to each side (for example “2 inches” or “2 in.”).

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 Inches and Half-Inches

This line is 1 inch long. Two half-inches

This line is 1/2 inch long. make an inch!

3 inches and a 1/2-inch = 3 1/2 inches

three half-inches = 1 1/2 inches
(three and a half inches)
(one and a half inches)

1. How long are the lines of inches and half-inches when placed end-to-end?

a. __________ inches
b. __________ inches
c. __________ inches
d. __________ in.

2. How long are these things in inches?

| | a. _________ inches

b. _________ inches

c. _______ inches

You can cut out one of the rulers in this lesson and tape it on an existing ruler or cardboard after you
have finished the exercises on this and the next page!

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 Most objects are NOT exactly a certain number of whole inches, or even whole and
half inches. You can measure them to the nearest inch, or to the nearest half-inch.
The pencil below is a little over 4 inches long. It is about 4 inches long.

The pencil above is about 3 1/2 inches long. The end of the pencil is closer to 3 1/2
than to 3.

3. Circle the whole-inch or half-inch number that is nearest to each arrow.

4. Measure the pencils to the nearest half-inch.

a. about _________ inches

b. about _________ inches

c. about _________ in.

d. about ________ in.

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5. First GUESS how long these lines are in inches and half-inches. Write down your
guess. After that, measure how long the lines are.
GUESS MEASUREMENT

a. ________ inches ________ inches

b. ________ inches ________ inches

c.

________ inches ________ inches

6. Draw some lines on a blank paper. Use a ruler. Hold the ruler down tight with
one hand, while drawing the line with the other. It takes some practice!

a. 5 in. long b. 2 in. long

c. 12 in. long d. 9 in. long

7. Write the names of these shapes. Measure the sides of the shapes. “All the way
around” means you need to find the total length of the four sides (use addition!).

a. ________________________ABCD b. ______________________ ABCD

Side AB ______ inches

Side AB ______ inches
Side BC ______ inches
Side BC ______ inches
Side CD ______ inches
Side CD ______ inches
Side DA ______ inches
Side DA ______ inches
All the way around ________ inches
All the way around ________ inches

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 Measuring Lines in Centimeters
You can find out how long things are in centimeters.
This line is 1 centimeter long: 1 2 3 4 5 6
A centimeter is written in its short form as “cm.”
This pencil is 6 cm long.

1. How many centimeters long are these things?

a. b.
______ cm ______ cm

c.
______ cm

d. ______ cm

e. ______ cm

2. Measure the lines with a ruler. (If you don’t have one, cut out the ruler at the bottom of the page.)

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3. Draw the last side for these figures with a ruler. Then measure all three sides of each
figure. Write the measurement next to each line (for example “6 cm”).

4. Use your own ruler and draw lines that are these lengths.

a. 4 cm

b. 5 cm

c. 8 cm

d. 16 cm

5. Measure some things around you! For example, a book, your pencil, a table, etc.
Thing How long?

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 Measuring to the Nearest Centimeter
Remember? We can measure how long things are using centimeters.
This line is 1 centimeter long: 1 2 3 4 5 6
A centimeter is written in short form as “cm.”
The blue line on the right is 6 cm long. →

1. How many centimeters long are these lines?

a.
______ cm b. ______ cm

c.
______ cm

d.
________ cm

2. Measure the pencils with a centimeter ruler. If you don't have one, you can cut out the
one from the bottom of this page. Then answer the questions.

#1

#2

#3

a. How much longer is pencil #1 than pencil #2? ________ cm

b. How much longer is pencil #3 than pencil #2? ________ cm

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 Most things are NOT exactly a certain number of whole centimeters.
You can measure them to the nearest centimeter.
The pencil below is a little over 10 cm long. It is about 10 cm long.

This pencil is about 9 cm long. The end of the pencil is closer to 9 cm than to 8 cm.

3. Circle the number that is nearest to each arrow.

4. Measure the lines to the nearest centimeter.

a. about _________ cm

b. about _________ cm
c. about _________ cm

5. This line is 1 cm long: . Your finger is probably about that wide; put it on top of
the 1-cm line and check! Guess how long these lines are. Then measure.
My guess: Measurement:
a. about ______ cm about ______ cm

b. about ______ cm about ______ cm

c. about ______ cm about ______ cm

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6. a. Find two small objects. Measure to find about how many centimeters longer
one is than the other.

The _________________________________ is about _________ cm longer

than the _________________________________.

b. Find other two small objects. Measure to find about how many centimeters longer
one is than the other.

The _________________________________ is about _________ cm longer

than the _________________________________.

7. Draw some lines here or on blank paper. Use a ruler. Hold the ruler down tight with
one hand, while drawing the line with the other. It takes some practice!

a. 6 cm long

b. 3 cm long

c. 12 cm long

d. 17 cm long

8. Find some small objects. First GUESS how long or tall they are. Then measure.
If the item is not exactly so-many centimeters long, then measure it to the nearest
centimeter and write “about” before the centimeter-amount, such as about 8 cm.

Item GUESS MEASUREMENT

cm cm

cm cm

cm cm

cm cm

cm cm

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 Some More Measuring
1. Jackie measured the length of a bunch of pencils at her home. She recorded her results
in a line plot below. For each pencil, she put an “x” mark above the number line, to
show how many centimeters long it was.

a. How many of Jackie's pencils were 3 cm long?

b. How many were 8 cm long?

c. How many pencils were 9 cm or longer?

d. How many pencils were 5 cm or shorter?

e. Find how long Jackie's longest pencil is and her shortest pencil is.

How much longer is the longest pencil than the shortest pencil?

2. Join these dots with lines to form a four-sided

shape. What is the name for the shape?

____________________________________

Measure its sides to the nearest centimeter.

Write “about ___ cm” next to each side.
How many centimeters is the perimeter?
(all the way around the shape) It is _______ cm.

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3. Measure many pencils of different lengths to the nearest whole centimeter.
Write the lengths below. (You don't have to measure as many pencils as there are empty lines.)

______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm

______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm

______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm, ______ cm

Now, make a line plot about your pencils like what Jackie made. Write an “X” mark
for each pencil.

a. How much longer is your longest pencil than your shortest pencil?

b. If you take your three longest pencils and put them end-to-end,
how long is your line of pencils? Add to find out.

It is ___________ cm. (If you can, measure to check your answer.)

4. Measure all the sides of this triangle to the nearest half-inch.

Also, find the perimeter (all the way around the triangle).

Side AB ________ in.

Side BC ________ in.

Side CA ________ in.

Perimeter ________ in.

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5. Measure some things in your classroom or at home two times. First measure them in
inches, to the nearest half-inch. Them measure them in centimeters, to the nearest
whole centimeter. Remember to write “about” if the thing is not exactly so many
inches or centimeters. Write your results in the table below.

Item in inches in centimeters

in. cm

in. cm

in. cm

in. cm

in. cm

a. Which numbers are bigger, the centimeter-amounts or the inch-amounts?

b. Which measuring unit is bigger, one centimeter or one inch?

Notice: If your measuring unit is small (like 1 cm), you need MORE of them
THAN if you use a longer measuring unit (inch).

c. Megan measured a spoon. It was 13 cm long. If she measures it in inches, will the
result be more than 13 inches, or less than 13 in.?

d. Harry measured a toy car in inches. It was 3 in. If he measures it in centimeters,

will the result be more than 3 cm, or less than 3 cm?

6. Draw three dots on a blank paper

My Triangle in inches in centimeters
so you can join them and make a
triangle. Then, measure its sides
BOTH in inches (to the nearest Side 1 in. cm
half-inch) and in centimeters
(to the nearest centimeter). Side 2 in. cm
Write your results in the table.
Side 3 in. cm

How many centimeters is the perimeter (all the way around the shape)? _________ cm

How many inches is the perimeter (all the way around the shape)? _________ in.

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 Measuring to the Nearest Fourth-Inch
This ruler measures in inches. You can see three lines between each two numbers on the
ruler. Those three lines divide each inch into four parts. The parts are fourth parts or
quarters of an inch. We have marked those quarters with fractions.

The 2/4 mark is also the 1/2 mark. We normally use 1/2 instead of 2/4.

This line is 1/4 inch long. This line is 2/4 inch long. This line is 3/4 inch long.
It is also 1/2 inch long.

If a line reaches to the 1/4-inch mark after the number 1, then the line is 1 inch and 1/4 inch
long. But when writing it, we omit the “and” and write: The line is 1 1/4 inches long.

If a line reaches the 3/4-inch mark after the number 2, then the line is 2 inches and 3/4 inch
long, but we write it as 2 3/4 inches long.

This line is 3 1/2 inches long.

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1. Measure the lines using the ruler.

a. ________ inches

b. ________ inches

c. ________ inches

d. ________ inches

e. ________ in.

f. ________ inches

g. ________ inches

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2. Draw lines using a ruler. Your own ruler may have many more little lines between
the whole inch marks. If you find your own ruler confusing, you can cut out one
of the rulers from the previous pages, and use that. Glue it on cardboard, or
place it on top of your ruler.

a. 4 1/2 inches long

b. 2 1/4 inches long

c. 5 1/4 inches long

d. 4 3/4 inches long

This line is not exactly 3/4 inch long, nor exactly 1 inch
long, but its length is between those two. The endpoint of
the line is closer to the 3/4-inch mark than it is to the 1-inch
mark. We say the line is about 3/4 inch long, or
approximately
3/4 inch long.

3. Measure items using the ruler that has the 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 inch marks (quarters of an inch).
If the item is not exactly as long as the markers on the ruler show, choose the nearest mark
as the length, and write “about 5 1/4 inches,” etc.

Item Length

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 This page is optional and is beyond the Common Core Standards.

Let's use the plus sign “+” to mean that we place two lines end-to-end.

1/4 inch + 1 inch = 1 1/4 inches

1/4 inch + 3/4 inch = 1 inch

Here, the second line “covers” four short 1/4

Here, the second line “covers” three short
inch segments, so that is why it is 1 inch
1/4 inch segments, so it is 3/4 inch long.
long.

4. Draw another line after the 1/4-inch line. Add the lengths and find the total length.

a. 1/4 inch + 1/4 inch = _______ inches b. 1/4 inch + 1/2 inch = _________ inches

c. 1/4 inch + 1 1/4 inch = _______ inches d. 1/4 inch + 2 inch = _________ inches

5. Work out these “line additions”. You can use the ruler below to help. Or, you can draw the
lines.

a. 1/4 in. + 1/4 in. = _________ b. 1/4 in. + 3/4 in. = _________

1 1/4 in. + 1/4 in. = _________ 4 1/4 in. + 1/4 in. = _________

c. 5 1/4 in. + 3/4 in. = _________ d. 1/2 in. + 1/4 in. = _________

7 3/4 in. + 1/4 in. = _________ 2 1/2 in. + 1/4 in. = _________

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 Centimeters and Millimeters
This ruler measures in centimeters.
The numbers signify whole centimeters.
All the shorter lines between those
are for millimeters.
The distance from one short line to the
next line is 1 millimeter. We write 1
mm.
Millimeters are very tiny!
Look at the ruler: there are 10 millimeters in each centimeter.

Measuring lines: First see how many whole centimeters long the line is.
Then count how many little millimeter-lines beyond that it reaches.

This line is 2 cm 3 mm long. At the same time, it is 23 mm long. Why?

Each centimeter is 10 mm, so 2 cm is 20 mm. That means 2 cm 3 mm makes 23 mm in total.

This line is 4 cm 8 mm long. At the same time, it is 48 mm long.

1. Measure the lines using the ruler, first in whole centimeters and millimeters. Then write
their lengths using millimeters only.

a. ______ cm ______ mm = ________ mm

b. ______ cm ______ mm = ________ mm

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c. ______ cm ______ mm = ________ mm

d. ______ cm ______ mm = ________ mm

e. ______ cm ______ mm = ________ mm

f. ______ cm ______ mm = ________ mm

2. Draw lines using a ruler.

a. 7 cm 8 mm

b. 10 cm 5 mm

c. 14 mm

d. 55 mm

e. 126 mm

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3. Measure items you can find at home, using a centimeter-millimeter ruler.
If the item is not exactly as long as the markers on the ruler, choose the nearest mark.

Item Length

4. Change between centimeters and millimeters.

a. b. c.
1 cm = _______ mm 1 cm 1 mm = 11 mm 4 cm 5 mm = _______ mm

2 cm = _______ mm 1 cm 2 mm = _______ mm 2 cm 5 mm = _______ mm

5 cm = _______ mm 1 cm 8 mm = _______ mm 7 cm 8 mm = _______ mm

8 cm = _______ mm 2 cm 3 mm = _______ mm 10 cm 4 mm = _______ mm

5. Change between millimeters and centimeters.

a. b. c.
70 mm = _______ cm 12 mm = ____ cm _____ mm 89 mm = ____ cm _____ mm

100 mm = _______ cm 45 mm = ____ cm _____ mm 102 mm = ____ cm _____ mm

6. Measure the sides

of this triangle in
millimeters.

Side AB ________ mm

Side BC ________ mm

Side CA ________ mm

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7. Find the perimeter of the triangle in the previous exercise.

8. Draw the third side of this triangle.

Then measure its sides.
Lastly, find its perimeter in millimeters.

The first arrow is 4 cm. The second arrow is

1 cm 8 mm. How long are they together?
Add, giving your answer in millimeters.
4 cm + 1 cm 8 mm = 5 cm 8 mm = 58 mm

Add centimeters with centimeters, and millimeters with millimeters.

Remember that 10 millimeters makes 1 centimeter.
9 mm + 6 cm + 2 mm = 6 cm 11 mm = 7 cm 1 mm = 71 mm

If you have both millimeters and centimeters, change the centimeters to millimeters first:
84 mm + 3 cm + 9 mm = 84 mm + 30 mm + 9 mm = 123 mm (which is also 12 cm 3 mm)

9. Work out these “line additions.” Give your answers in millimeters.

a. 1 cm 5 mm + 5 mm b. 28 mm + 7 cm

c. 5 mm + 5 cm 8 mm d. 2 cm 4 mm + 4 cm 5 mm

e. 52 mm + 2 cm 4 mm f. 6 cm + 8 mm + 17 mm

g. 9 mm + 17 mm + 2 cm h. 139 mm + 50 cm + 2 mm

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 Line Plots and More Measuring
1. Amanda measured the length of some of her colored pencils. She recorded her results
in a line plot below. For each pencil, she put an “x” mark above the number line to
show how many inches long it was.

Look carefully at the line plot, and find the X-marks:

• There is one pencil that is 4 inches long.

• There are two pencils that are 3 1/2 inches long
• There are two pencils that are 2 1/2 inches long.

a. There is one pencil whose X-mark is between 3 and 3 1/2 inches.

How long is it?

b. How long is the pencil whose X-mark is between 4 1/2 and 5?

c. How long is the pencil whose X-mark is between 1 1/2 and 2?

2. Draw three dots and join them to

get a triangle.
Measure its sides to the nearest quarter inch.
Write the measurement next to each side.
If you can, figure out the perimeter.
(all the way around the shape)
It is ____________ inches.

You can cut out the ruler below, and glue it on cardboard, or on top of your ruler.

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3. Measure many pencils of different lengths to the nearest quarter inch.
Write the lengths below.

_________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in.

_________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in.

_________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in.

Now, make a line plot about your pencils. Write an “X” mark for each pencil.

a. If you take your two longest pencils and put them end-to-end,
how long is your line of pencils?

It is ___________ in. (You can measure to check your answer!)

b. If you take your two shortest pencils and put them end-to-end,
how long is your line of pencils?

It is ___________ in. (You can measure to check your answer!)

4. Measure all the sides of this shape in centimeters and millimeters.

Can you figure out the perimeter? It can be a little tricky, but try!

Side AB _____ cm _____ mm

Side BC _____ cm _____ mm

Side CD _____ cm _____ mm

Side DA _____ cm _____ mm

Perimeter _____ cm _____ mm

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5. Measure some things in your classroom or at home two times. First measure them in
inches, to the nearest quarter-inch. Then measure them in centimeters and millimeters.
Each time, GUESS before you actually measure. Write your results in the table below.

GUESS LENGTH GUESS Length

Item
in inches in inches in cm / mm in cm / mm

in. in. ____ cm ____ mm ____ cm ____ mm

in. in. ____ cm ____ mm ____ cm ____ mm

in. in. ____ cm ____ mm ____ cm ____ mm

in. in. ____ cm ____ mm ____ cm ____ mm

in. in. ____ cm ____ mm ____ cm ____ mm

6. Measure a collection of similar items to the nearest quarter inch. For example, you can
measure some spoons, lots of stuffed animals, or the width of lots of books. Or, ask some
people to draw a line 6 inches long without using a ruler (in other words, guess and draw
it), and then measure their lines and check who guessed the closest.
(You Don’t have to find as many items as there are empty lines below.)

_________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in.

_________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in.

_________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in.

_________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in., _________ in.

Now, make a line plot. Write an “X” mark for each item.

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 Feet and Miles
This is a tape measure. The numbers 1, 2, 3, and so on, are inches.

Above number 12 you see “1F”. That means 1 foot. 12 inches equals 1 foot.
Unroll the tape measure some more, until you find “2 F” or “2 ft” (which means two
feet), and “3 ft” (three feet), and so on. Stretch out the tape measure as far as you can.
What is the most number of feet it has?

This tape measure has both inches and centimeters. The

numbers on the top part are inches, and the numbers on
the bottom part are centimeters. The number 60 means
60 cm, and the “1” after it means 61 cm.

You use feet as your measuring unit when you measure the width of a
room or of a table, the length of a house, or of a swimming pool.

People often use both feet and inches. For example, a table can be 5 feet
10 inches long. Or, a boy can be 4 ft. 7 in. tall. How tall are you in feet and inches?

1. Use the tape measure to find distances in feet, or feet and inches. Let an adult
help you.

Thing or distance How long / tall

the room you are in

a table

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2. How tall are these people? Ask your mom, dad, or others.
You: _____ ft. ______ in. ________________: _____ ft. ______ in.

Your mom: _____ ft. ______ in. ________________: _____ ft. ______ in.

3. Find three things you can measure in feet. But wait! First guess how long or tall they are.
Then, check your guess by measuring.

Thing or distance My guess How long / tall

4. Now, measure again some of the things you already measured in feet, but this time
measure them in centimeters. Or, you can still find new things to measure.

Thing or distance centimeters feet & inches

5. Which is a bigger (or longer) measuring unit, 1 centimeter or 1 foot?

Jared measured the height of a fridge twice, first in feet and then in centimeters.
It was 5 ft tall. How tall was it in centimeters? a. 15 cm b. 150 cm c. 3 cm

6. He also measured the height of a bucket twice, in feet and then in centimeters.
It was 60 cm tall. How tall was it in feet? a. 6 ft b. 100 ft c. 2 ft

7. Which is a longer measuring unit, a meter or a foot?

Jared measured the length of his room twice, first using feet and then using meters.
It was 4 m wide. How many feet wide was it? a. 2 ft b. 5 ft c. 12 ft

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 Distances between towns or between countries are measured in miles.
1 mile is 5,280 feet (five-thousand two-hundred eighty)! That is a lot of
feet—many, many more than your tape measure has.

8. Can you think of familiar distances in everyday life or in your neighborhood that are
so many miles? An adult can help. You can also look in your social studies book.

Distance How many miles

9. Aaron went on a trip with his family. On the first day, they drove 80 miles and
visited a nature park. On the second day, they drove 200 miles. On the third day,
they drove 110 miles back home.

a. How long a distance did the family drive in all?

b. How much longer distance did they drive on the second day than on the first day?

10. Which unit would you use to find the following distances: inches (in.), feet (ft),
miles (mi), or feet and inches (ft. in.)?

Distance Unit
from New York to
Los Angeles
from a house to a neighbor's
Distance Unit
the width of a notebook
the length of a train
the distance around the earth
the length of a playground
how tall a refrigerator is
from a train station to the next
the width of a porch
the width of a computer
the length of a board screen

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 Feet, Yards, and Miles
Feet and yards are used to measure the length of medium-size objects and distances. A foot
is abbreviated with “ft” and a yard is abbreviated with “yd”.

Three feet make one yard. 1 yard 1 yard 1 yard 1 yard

3 ft = 1 yd.
1 ft 1 ft 1 ft 1 ft 1 ft 1 ft 1 ft 1 ft 1 ft 1 ft 1 ft 1 ft

A mile is used to measure long distances, such as between towns or countries. 1 mile is
5,280 feet. An adult can typically walk 1 mile in about 15-20 minutes.

1. Outside, using a measuring tape, mark the distances of 1 yard, 2 yards, 3 yards, and so on.
Measure also, using feet: there are three feet in each yard.
Take steps that are 1 foot long. That should be easy.
How about steps that are 2 feet long each?
Lastly, try to take steps 1 yard long (three feet). Can you?

2. Write or say these units in order from the smallest to the biggest:
yard mile inch foot

3. Use a tape measure to measure lengths of some objects and distances in feet and inches.

Item How long

_____ ft _____ in.

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4. Fill in the blanks, using the units in., ft., or mi.

a. Mark drove his car 15 _______. b. The table is 24 _______ tall.

c. Annie’s house is 32 _________ long. d. The pen is 5 _________ long.
e. Mr. Green is 6 _________ tall. f. Matt jogged 3 _________ .

5. Find the area and perimeter of

a rectangular yard that is 30 ft by 10 ft.
Hint: Make a sketch (a picture) of it.

This section is optional and is beyond the Common Core Standards.

12 inches makes 1 foot.

6. Convert between feet and inches.

a. 1 ft = _______ in. b. 1 ft 2 in. = _______ in. c. 2 ft 4 in. = _______ in.

3 ft = _______ in. 1 ft 8 in. = _______ in. 2 ft 6 in. = _______ in.

5 ft = _______ in. 1 ft 11 in. = _______ in. 3 ft 3 in. = _______ in.

7. Emma is 4 ft 2 in. tall. How tall is she in inches?

8. Mary is 3 ft 9 in. and Rebecca is 48 inches tall.

Who is taller? How much taller?

9. Alex put three pencils end-to-end that each were 8 inches long.
How many feet long is his line of pencils?

10. Find the perimeter of a rectangle with one side 2 ft 2 in.

and the other side 3 ft 8 in.

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 Meters and Kilometers
We use meters to measure medium and long distances.
Find a tape measure that has centimeters.
Find the 100th centimeter on it. That is the 1-meter point.

100 centimeters equals 1 meter.

1. a. Mark one meter on the floor. Can you take such a big step?
Can the teacher?

b. On the 1-metre line you marked, practice taking two steps that together are 1 meter
long. Then take similar steps to estimate the length of a room (or if outside, a building).
Count your steps: I took _______ steps
Since you took 2 steps for each meter, find half of
your count to get the length in meters. The room is about ______ m long.
Measure to check your estimation.
You can repeat this to estimate some other distance or length.

2. How tall are these people? Measure, or ask your mom, dad and friends.

You: __________ cm ________________: __________ cm

Your mom: __________ cm ________________: __________ cm

Your dad: __________ cm ________________: __________ cm

3. Measure some things using meters and centimeters. First guess how long or tall they
are. Then check your guesses by measuring. Let an adult help you.

Item My guess How long/tall

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 Distances between towns or between countries are measured in kilometers.
1 kilometer is 1 000 meters (one thousand meters)!

4. Write in the table below three distances that are important in your life and are
measured in kilometers. Ask an adult to help you. Examples include: from home to the
library, from home to downtown, from home to Grandmother's, from your town to the capital city, etc.

From ... to distance in km

5. The picture shows the field for Finnish baseball game (“pesäpallo”).
How many meters do you run with these “routes”?
a. You run from the home base to the 1st base
and then return to the home base.

b. You run from the home base to the

1st base and on to the 2nd base, plus
one meter over, because you cannot
stop in time.

c. (Challenge) You run all the way around

the field.

6. Which unit would you use to find these below:

centimeters (cm), meters (m), or kilometers (km)?
Distance Unit Distance Unit
the length of a park around your wrist
from Tshwane to the North Pole the height of a room
the length of a cell phone the length of an airplane trip
the length of a bus the length of a grasshopper

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 Meters and Kilometers
Besides feet, yards, and miles, we can also use kilometer for long distances
millimeters (mm), centimeters (cm), meters (m), and
kilometers (km) to measure length. for medium-sized
meter
objects and distances
Notice how all of those units have the word meter in
millimeter
them. These units form a part of the metric system of
measuring units. centimeter }for small objects

1. Outside, mark the distances of

1 meter, 2 meters, 3 meters, and
so on, using a measuring tape.
Try to take steps 1 meter long.
Can you? 1 meter 1 meter 1 meter 1 meter

If you can't, try to take small steps so that two steps would be exactly 1 meter.

Notice: one meter is very close to one yard, but a little longer.

2. Use a tape measure to measure lengths of objects and distances in meters and centimeters

Item How long

______ m ________ cm.

3. Fill in the blanks, using the units “cm”, “km”, “mm”, and “m”.

a. The Jackson's living room is 4 _____ wide d. It is about 3 _____ to the nearest library.
b. A moth was 38 _______ wide. e. The window was about 1 _____ wide.
c. Dad is 178 ______ tall. f. The book was 25 _____ long.

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4. Use a measuring tape or a tape measure, and measure how tall you and some other people
are in meters and centimeters.

Person How tall

1 m ________ cm.

5. Write or say these units in order from smallest to greatest, using their full names:
m cm km mm

This section is optional and is beyond the Common Core Standards.

1 meter = 100 cm

6. Convert between meters and centimeters.

a. 1 m = ________ cm b. 1 m 20 cm = ________ cm c. 5 m 85 cm = ________ cm

2 m = ________ cm 1 m 14 cm = ________ cm 2 m 17 cm = ________ cm

5 m = ________ cm 1 m 58 cm = ________ cm 3 m 8 cm = ________ cm

7. One pillow is 40 cm long. If you put five such pillows

end-to-end, how many meters long is your line of pillows?

8. Ellie is 162 cm tall, and Meredith is 1 m 55 cm tall.

Who is taller? How much taller?

9. A sandbox is 1 m 40 cm by 1 m 40 cm (a square).
Find its perimeter.

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 Review 1
1. Which unit or units would you use for the following distances: inches (in.), feet (ft),
miles (mi), centimeters (cm), or meters (m)? If two different units work, write both.

Distance Unit or units

from your house to the grocery store
from Miami to New York
the distance across the room
the height of a bookcase

2. Measure this line to the nearest centimeter and to the nearest half-inch.
about _______ cm or about _________ in.

3. a. Draw a line that is

3 1/2 inches long.

b. Draw a line that is

9 cm long.

4. Measure these two pencils to the nearest centimeter, and to the nearest half-inch.
Then fill in:

The longer pencil is about ________ cm longer than the shorter one.

The longer pencil is about ________ inches longer than the shorter one.

5. Measure the width and length of the room you are in. First, measure them using feet
and inches. Then, measure them using meters and centimeters.

Width: _______ ft _______ in or _______ m ________ cm

Length: _______ ft _______ in or _______ m ________ cm

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 Weight in Pounds
Weight means how heavy something is. You can measure weight using a scale.
A bathroom scale measures weight in pounds or in kilograms.
In this lesson you will need:
• a bathroom scale that measures in pounds
• a bucket and water
• encyclopedias or some other fairly heavy books
• a plastic bag or some other bag
• a backpack

The numbers on your scale may go up by twenties,

and not by tens. In the picture here, the longer line
halfway in-between the two numbers is TEN more than
the smaller of the two numbers. Each little line means
2 pounds more than the previous line.
The scale on the right is stopped at the second little
line after 140 pounds, which means 140 + 2 + 2 pounds,
or 144 pounds.
We use “lb” to abbreviate the word pounds. 15 pounds = 15 lb.
The “lb” comes from the Latin word libra, which also means a pound.

1. How many pounds is the scale showing? You can mark the in-between ten-numbers
on the scale to help.

a. __________ lb b. __________ lb c. __________ lb

d. __________ lb e. __________ lb f. __________ lb

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2. Step onto the scale. I weigh __________ pounds.

3. Find out how many pounds your family members weigh. Write a list below.

________________________ _____ lb ________________________ _____ lb

________________________ _____ lb ________________________ _____ lb

________________________ _____ lb ________________________ _____ lb

4. Weigh some other items. Note that on a bathroom scale, you cannot weigh very
light items, nor very big and bulky ones because you can't place them on the scales.

a bucket full of water _______ lb Mom's skillet _______ lb

a bucket half full of water _______ lb ________________________ _______ lb

a stack of heavy books _______ lb ________________________ _______ lb

5. Find out how many pounds of water you can carry. Can you carry the bucket when it
is full? If not, pour out some water until you can carry the bucket.
I can carry a bucket of water that weighs _______ lb.

6. a. Find out how many pounds of books you can carry in a bag. Fill the bag with
books and weigh it. Can you carry it? If not, take out some books until you are able
to carry the bag.
I can carry a bagful of books that weighs _______ lb.

b. The same as above, but use a backpack. (Do you think you can carry more or less?)

I can carry a backpack that weighs _______ lb.

c. Weigh yourself with and without a heavy bag of books.

I weigh _______ lb. I weigh _______ lb with the heavy bag.

What is the difference? _______ lb.

d. Use the method above with a heavy book. The book weighs _______ lb.

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 Pounds and Ounces

This is a kitchen scale that measures in

pounds and ounces. We use it to measure the
weight of small items.
This scale can measure items from 0 to 6
pounds. The numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 refer
to whole pounds. Number 6 is not marked,
but if the pointer went all the way around one
time and was pointing to 0, it would actually
mean 6 pounds.
Each pound is divided into 16 ounces. So, an
ounce is a small unit of weight.
In between the whole pounds are lines to
mark the ounces. Some are longer and thicker
(red), and some are shorter.
The thicker lines mark the 4-ounce, 8-ounce,
and 12-ounce points, and the shorter lines
mark the individual ounces.

A pound or pounds is abbreviated with “lb.”

An ounce or ounces is abbreviated with “oz.”
The orange weighs 4 ounces. So, 2 lb 13 oz means 2 pounds 13 ounces.

1. Write the pounds and the ounces the scale is showing.

a. _____ lb ______ oz b. _____ lb ______ oz c. _____ lb ______ oz

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2. Write the pounds and the ounces the scale is showing.

a. _____ lb ______ oz b. _____ lb ______ oz c. _____ lb ______ oz

d. _____ lb ______ oz e. _____ lb ______ oz f. _____ lb ______ oz

g. _____ lb ______ oz h. _____ lb ______ oz i. _____ lb ______ oz

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3. Weigh light items with a kitchen scale. Write your results here.

Item Weight

_______ lb ________ oz

4. Weigh things and people with a bathroom scale that uses pounds. Write your results here.
First, guess how much the thing or person weighs. Then weigh using the scales.

Thing/person Guess Weight

_________ lb _________ lb

5. At home, find food products that show the weight on the label, using ounces or pounds
and ounces. Write the items in order from lightest to heaviest.

Item Weight

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6. Which is the best estimate of weight?

a. b. c.

2 lb 15 lb 2 oz 16 lb 160 lb 16 oz 1 lb 13 oz 2 oz

d. e. f.

70 lb 7 lb 7 oz 600 lb 6 lb 60 lb 2 lb 6 oz 30 oz

7. Fill in the blanks with a reasonable unit of weight (either lb or oz).

a. A computer weighs 3______. b. A newborn baby weighed 8 ______.

c. Sam ate two bananas. Together they weighed 12 ______.

d. Abby's cell phone weighs 3 ______ . e. Matthew weighs 170 ______ .

The following problems are optional, and are beyond the Common Core Standards.

In the following problems, use the fact that 1 lb = 16 oz.

8. Convert between pounds and ounces.

a. 2 lb = ________ oz b. 1 lb 1 oz = ________ oz c. 2 lb 4 oz = ________ oz

3 lb = ________ oz 1 lb 7 oz = ________ oz 3 lb 9 oz = ________ oz

4 lb = ________ oz 2 lb 11 oz = ________ oz 5 lb 4 oz = ________ oz

9. A label on a big tuna can says: “Net weight 1 lb. Drained weight 11 oz.”
How much does the liquid in the can weigh?

10. Mary sent “Thank you” letters to people who had attended a birthday party for her
fiftieth birthday. Each letter weighed two ounces.

a. How many 2 oz letters will weigh a total of 1 pound?

b. She sent 15 letters. What was their total weight, in pounds/ounces?

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 Weight in Kilograms
Weight means how heavy something is. You can measure weight using a scale.
A bathroom scale measures weight in kilograms (abbreviated kg).
The scale usually has short lines for each kilogram increment, and long lines for each
10 kilograms. In the picture below, the in-between numbers ending in “5” are marked
with the number 5.
In this lesson, you need to use a bathroom scale that
measures weight in kilograms. You will also need
• a bucket and water
• encyclopedias or some other fairly heavy books
• a plastic bag or some other bag
• a backpack The scale is showing 22 kg.

1. How many kilograms is the scale showing?

a. b. c.

2. Step onto the scale. How much do you weigh? _______ kg

3. Find out how many kilograms your family members weigh. Write a list below.

________________________ _____ kg ________________________ _____ kg

________________________ _____ kg ________________________ _____ kg

________________________ _____ kg ________________________ _____ kg

4. Also, weigh some of your family members together.

________________ and ____________________ together weigh ______ kg.

________________ and ____________________ together weigh ______ kg.

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5. Now weigh some other items with the bathroom scale. Note: you cannot weigh very
light items on it. You also cannot weigh very big and bulky items (such as tables) on it
because you can't place them fully on the scale. Try to find objects that are not very
big.

a bucket full of water _______ kg Mom's frying pan _______ kg

a bucket half full of water _______ kg ________________________ _______ kg

a stack of heavy books _______ kg ________________________ _______ kg

6. Find out how many kilograms of water you can carry. Can you carry the bucket when
it is full? If not, pour out some water until you can carry the bucket.
I can carry a bucket of water that weighs _______ kg.

7. a. Find out how many kilograms of books you can carry in a bag. Fill the bag with
books and weigh it. Can you carry it? If not, take out some books until you are able
to carry the bag.
I can carry a bagful of books that weighs _______ kg.

b. The same as above, but use a backpack.

I can carry a backpack that weighs _______ kg.

c. Weigh yourself with and without the heavy bag of books.

I weigh _______ kg. I weigh _______ kg with the heavy bag.

What is the difference? _______ kg.

You can use this method to weigh items that cannot easily be placed on the scales,
but that you can hold.

d. Weigh yourself with and without a heavy book.

I weigh _______ kg. I weigh _______ kg with the heavy book.

What is the difference? _______ kg. So, the book weighs _______ kg.

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 Grams and Kilograms
In this lesson you will need a bathroom scale that
measures weight in kilograms (abbreviated kg).
The scale on the right is showing 22 kg.

You will also need a kitchen scale that measures in grams. A gram is a very
small unit of weight. A gram is abbreviated with “g”.
A thousand grams make one kilogram (1 kg): 1,000 g = 1 kg.

Look carefully at the kitchen scale. The numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, and

4 on this scale refer to the whole kilograms.
In between each two numbers there are four little lines. They
divide each kilogram into five parts. This means that each little
line marks a 200-gram increment.
(200 g + 200 g + 200 g + 200 g + 200 g = 1,000 g = 1 kg.)
The first little line after the 0-kg mark means 200 g. The next
little line means 400 g, the next one 600 g, and so on. Each
time, one little line more means 200 g more.

1. Write the amount of kilograms and grams that the scales are showing.

a. 2 kg 200 g b. _____ kg ________ g c. _____ kg ________ g

d. _____ kg ________ g e. _____ kg ________ g f. _____ kg ________ g

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2. Weigh things and people with a bathroom scale that uses kilograms. Write your results here.
First, guess how much the thing or person weighs. Then weigh using the scales.

Thing/person Guess Weight

_________ kg _________ kg

3. Measure light items with a kitchen scale that uses grams. Write your results here.

Item Weight

4. At home, find food products or personal care products that show the weight on the label
using grams. Write the items in order from the lightest to the heaviest.

Item Weight

___________ g

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5. Which is the best estimate of weight?

a. b. c. d.

500 g 5 g 70 kg 7 kg 1 kg 200 g 1 kg 150 g

f. a CD g. A car h. an apple
e.

30 g 300 g 15 g 300 g 100 kg 2,000 kg 1 kg 100 g

i. A bucket j. A spoonful k. a baby l. flashlight

full of water of sand

8 kg 50 kg 10 g 100 g 500 g 5 kg 300 g 2,000 g

6. Match the things

An adult woman 55 kg
and their weights.
A puppy 1 kg
A pencil 500 g
A school book 25 kg
A magazine 50 g
A 9-year-old boy 150 g

7. Fill in the blanks with a reasonable unit of weight (either g or kg).

a. Mom got a package in the mail that weighed 3 ______. It had books in it.

b. Jane got a package in the mail that weighed 300 ______. It had a puzzle in it.

c. Mark's dog weighs 30 ______.

d. A cell phone weighs 300 ______.

e. Mary bought 3 ______ of strawberries at the marketplace.

f. Audrey weighs 60 ______ .

g. The teddy bear weighs 250 ______.

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 Convert between kilograms and grams *
(*This section is optional and is beyond the Common Core Standards.)

Just remember that 1 kg = 1000 grams, 3 kg = 3,000 g

and use that when changing between
kilograms and grams. 1 kg 500 g = 1,000 g + 500 g = 1,500 g

8. Convert between kilograms and grams.

a. 1 kg = ___________ g b. 1 kg 600 g = ___________ g c. 9 kg = ___________ g

2 kg = ___________ g 1 kg 80 g = ___________ g 8 kg 600 g = __________ g

3 kg = ___________ g 2 kg 450 g = ___________ g 5 kg 8 g = ___________ g

4 kg = ___________ g 8 kg 394 g = ___________ g 7 kg 41 g = ___________ g

9. A t-shirt weighs 200 g. How many of those would weigh 1 kg?

10. A math book weighs 1 kg 300 g. An English book weighs 1 kg 700 g.

How much do they weigh together?

11. Anne's school books weigh 800 g, 700 g, and 600 g.

a. What is their total weight in grams?

b. What is their total weight in kilograms and grams?

12. Marlene bought 2 kg 400 g of potatoes. She used 500 grams in soup.
How much do the remaining potatoes weigh?

13. Greg has a post office box that allows him to receive 10 kg of mail each
month. So far this month he has received packages that weighed 1 kg 500 g,
4 kg 800 g, and 2 kg.

a. What is the total weight of the packages he has received this month?

b. What is the total weight of mail he is still allowed to receive this month?

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 Cups, Pints, Quarts, and Gallons
Volume means how much space something takes.
A sandcastle takes a certain amount of space. A bottle of water takes space. A book takes
space. But how much?
In this lesson you will learn how we measure the volume of water (or other liquids).

You will need

• a quart jar
• water in a bucket or other big container
• a pint jar
• a few food containers
• a coffee cup
• a drinking glass • a 1-cup measuring cup

1. Fill the pint jar with water. Pour it all into the quart jar. Then fill the pint jar again
and pour it into the quart jar. Is it now full (or close to full)?
It should be. It takes ______ pints of water to fill 1 quart jar.

2. Pour out water from your full quart jar back into the pint jar until the pint jar is full.
Is your quart jar now half full? (It should be.)
How much water is left in the quart jar? ______ pint.

3. Find out how many times you need to fill the one-cup measuring cup
with water and pour it into the pint jar until the pint jar is full. ______ times.
One pint is ______ cups.

4. Find out how many times you need to fill the one-cup measuring cup
with water and pour it into the quart jar until the quart jar is full. _______ times.
One quart is ______ cups.

5. Find out if a coffee cup measures MORE or LESS than the a 1-cup measuring
cup—or exactly 1 cup. Do the same with a drinking glass.

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6. Find three different empty food containers. Measure water into them, and find out how many
whole cups of water you can fit into them. If you can still fit a little more, write YES.

how many whole cups Can you fit a little more?

Container 1

Container 2

Container 3

7. At the next supper or breakfast time, do a little experiment. Before eating, measure exactly
one cup of the food you are going to eat and then put it on your plate. Will it fill you up?
Is it too much or too little food?

This section is optional and is beyond the Common Core Standards.

• A quart is abbreviated with “qt”. 5 qt means 5 quarts.

• A pint is abbreviated with “pt”. 3 pt means 3 pints.
• A cup is abbreviated with “C”. 2 C means 2 cups.

8. Fill in numbers on the blank lines. You will get help from your work on the previous page.

a. 1 qt = _____ pt b. 1 qt = _____ C c. 1 pt = _____ C

9. Circle the amount that holds more liquid volume. Circle both if they hold the same amount.

a. OR b. OR c. OR

d. OR e. OR f. OR

10. Fill in with the words cup, pint, or quart.

a. Mary drank 2 ____________s of tea at the party.

b. Mom bought 1 _____________ of yogurt for the four children.

c. Ron was quite thirsty and so he drank a whole _______________ of water.

d. The large pitcher can hold 2 ________________s of juice.

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 Gallons
One gallon is a large measure of volume. You use gallons when the liquid or other substance
takes a lot of space, even more than a few quarts.
You might have heard about these items. Fill in some more items that you have heard the
word “gallon” used with.
• a 5-gallon bucket
• a 1-gallon carton of milk
• a 1/2-gallon carton of milk
• a car's gas tank is so many gallons
• a water heater can hold so many gallons
• a bathtub can hold so many gallons
• A very large pot can hold 1 gallon of soup or stew.

• _____________________________________

• _____________________________________

• _____________________________________

One gallon of water is so much that you can fill FOUR quarts out of it.

= It would be a lot to drink!

11. Test yourself!

Put one gallon of water into a bucket, preferably a 5-gallon bucket.
(Four quarts make one gallon.) Can you carry it?
Put another gallon of water into the same bucket. Can you still carry it?
Now put 1 gallon of water into another bucket as well, and try to carry one such bucket
in each hand. Can you?
How many gallons of water can you carry using two buckets?
Water can get pretty heavy!

How many quarts of water fit into a 5-gallon bucket?

Hint: Think first how many quarts of water fit into 1 gallon, 2 gallons, and so on.

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 Milliliters and Liters
This is a measuring cup that measures volume in milliliters (ml).
Milliliters are very tiny units—you need lots of them to
measure, for example, the volume of a glass.
This measuring cup goes up to 500 ml. And, 500 ml is
exactly 1/2 liter. You can see that written near the top
of the measuring cup.
A liter is 1,000 milliliters. A liter is abbreviated l,
or sometimes with a capital L.
One liter is very close to a quart (just a little bit more).

1. Measure the volume of a few cups, glasses, jars, and other small containers. You will need
a measuring cup that measures in milliliters.

Item Volume in milliliters

2. Measure 1 liter of water into a pan. Then guess how many liters of water will fit into your
pan.
My Guess: the pan will hold _____ liters of water.
Now, measure another liter of water into the pan, and another, until it is full. In the end,
you can pour in 100 ml of water at a time.
The pan holds _____ L ________ ml of water.

3. Measure the volume of another pan using the same method. First guess how many liters
of water will fit into your pan.
My Guess: the pan will hold _____ liters of water.
Measurement: the pan holds _____ L ________ ml of water.

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4. At home, find food products or personal care products that show the volume on the label
using milliliters and/or liters.

Item Volume

This section is optional and is beyond the Common Core Standards.

5. Remember that 1 liter is 1,000 milliliters. Convert between liters and milliliters.

a. b. c.
1 L = __________ ml 1 L 200 ml = __________ ml 7 L 70 ml = __________ ml

2 L = __________ ml 5 L 490 ml = __________ ml 4 L 3 ml = __________ ml

6 L = __________ ml 4 L 230 ml = __________ ml 9 L 409 ml = __________ ml

6. One shampoo bottle contains 1 liter of shampoo. Another one contains 478 ml.
How much more does the bigger one contain?
Hint: Change the 1 liter into milliliters.

7. How much liquid is in three water bottles that contain 450 ml each?
Give your answer in liters and milliliters.

8. How many 250-ml glasses can you fill from a 1-liter bottle of juice?
And how many 200-ml glasses?

9. Out of a 2-liter pitcher full of juice, Mom poured 5 glasses of 250 ml each.
How much liquid is left in the pitcher?

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 Review 2
1. Draw lines of these lengths:

a. 4 1/4 in

b. 5 cm 7 mm

2. Measure the sides of this triangle in

centimeters and millimeters,
and find its perimeter.

AB: _____ cm ______ mm

BC: _____ cm ______ mm

CA: _____ cm ______ mm

perimeter: _____ cm ______ mm

3. Measure the sides of this quadrilateral to

the nearest quarter inch, and find its perimeter.

AB: ________ in. BC: ________ in.

CA: ________ in. DA: ________ in.

perimeter: ________ in.

4. Write or say in order from the smallest to the biggest unit: cm km m mm

5. Write or say in order from the smallest to the biggest unit: ft in yd mi

6. Write or say in order from the smallest to the biggest unit: gal pt C qt

7. Name two different units you can use to measure the weight of people.

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8. Fill in the blanks with suitable units of length. Sometimes several different units are possible

a. A butterfly's wings were 6 _____ wide. b. Sherry is 66 ______ tall.

c. Jessica jogged 5 ______ yesterday. d. The box was 60 _______ tall.

e. The distance from the city f. The room was 4 ______ wide.
to the little town is 80 ______ .
g. The eraser is 3 ______ long

9. Write the weight the scales are showing.

a. _____ lb ______ oz b. _____ lb ______ oz c. _____ lb ______ oz

10. Have your teacher give you a small object. Use the scale to find out how much it
weighs in either pounds and ounces, or in grams.

It weighs ________________.

11. Have your teacher give you a small container. Use a measuring cup to find out how much
water it can hold in milliliters.

It holds __________________ ml.

12. Fill in the blanks with suitable units of weight and volume. Sometimes several different
units are possible

a. Mom bought 5 ______ of apples. b. Mary drank 350 ______ of juice.

c. Dr. Smith weighs about 70 _______. d. The banana weighed 3 ______.

e. The pan holds 2 ______ of water. f. A cell phone weighs about 100 ______.

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 Math Mammoth Measuring 1
Answer Key

Measuring Length, p. 7
1. a. Please check the student’s answers.
b. Please check the student’s answers.
2. The desk was about 12 baby shoes wide.
3. Ryan’s room was 81 baby shoes wide.
Since baby shoes are smaller than daddy shoes, we know the number will be larger than 27.
4. Answers will vary.
5. pencil a. 5 crayons long; 10 paperclips long
pencil b. 6 crayons long; 12 paperclips long
pencil c. 4 crayons long; 8 paperclips long
pencil d. 3 crayons long; 6 paperclips long
6. a. The pen is longer than the measuring stick. The pencil is the same length as the stick.
b. The measuring stick is longer than the celery. The flashlight is longer than the stick.
c. The pink car is shorter than the measuring stick. The blue car is longer than the stick.
d. The toothbrush is longer than the measuring stick. The pencil is shorter than the stick.
7.

a. b.

Exploring Measuring, p. 11
1. Answers will vary. Check student’s answers.
2. a. sheep 1, car 2, dinosaur 3 b. crayon 1, carrot 2, celery 3 c. paperclip 1, toothbrush 2, flashlight 3
3. Answers will vary.
4. Answers will vary.
5. Answers will vary.
6. The bucket held 53 smaller drinking glasses. It will hold more small glassfuls than large ones.

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Measuring Lines in Inches, p. 13
1. a. 2 in. b. 4 in. c. 3 in. d. 5 in. 5. Check the student’s lines.
2. 1 in., 5 in., 3 in., 6 in., 5 in.
6.
3.

4. Triangle ABC: AB is 2 in., BC is 3 in., AC is 4 in.

Triangle DEF: DF is 5 in., DE is 4 in., EF is 3 in.

Inches and Half-Inches, p. 16

1. a. 2 inches b. 1 1/2 inches c. 2 1/2 inches d. 4 1/2 inches
2. a. 3 1/2 inches b. 1 1/2 inches c. 5 inches
3.

4. a. 3 inches b. 3 1/2 inches c. 4 1/2 inches d. 5 inches

5. a 3 1/2 inches b. 2 inches c. 5 1/2 inches
6. Please check the student’s work, as c. and d. are too long for the width of this page to show an example.
7. a. Rectangle, Side AB 2 1/2 inches, Side BC 1 inch, Side CD 2 1/2 inches, Side DA 1 inch.
All the way around 7 inches.
b. Square, Side AB 1 1/2 inches, Side BC 1 1/2 inches, Side CD 1 1/2 inches, Side DA 1 1/2 inches.
All the way around 6 inches.

Measuring Lines in Centimeters, p. 19

1. a. 5 cm b. 3 cm c. 9 cm d. 10 cm e. 12 cm
3.
2.

4. Check the student’s lines.

Measuring to the Nearest Centimeter, p. 21

1. a. 7 cm b. 3 cm c. 6 cm d. 11 cm
2. a. 8 cm b. 6 cm
3.

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Measuring to the Nearest Centimeter, cont.
4. a. about 7 cm b. about 4 cm c. about 8 cm
5. a. about 6 cm b. about 2 cm c. about 4 cm
6. Answers will vary. Please check the student’s work.

7. a.
b.
c.
d.

Some More Measuring, p. 24

1. a. 2 pencils b. 4 pencils
c. 4 pencils d. 3 pencils
e. The shortest pencil is 3 cm and the longest pencil is 11 cm. The longest pencil is 8 cm longer than the shortest.
2. It is a quadrilateral. The perimeter
is about 18 cm.
3. Answers will vary.
4. Side AB about 1 1/2 in. Side BC 4 in.
Side CA 4 1/2 in. Perimeter about 10 in.
5. a. the centimeter-amounts b. one inch c. less than 13 inches d. more than 3 cm
6. Answers will vary.

Measuring to the Nearest Fourth-Inch, p. 27

1. a. 1 1/4 inches b. 1 3/4 inches c. 3 1/4 inches d. 4 3/4 inches
e. 5 1/2 inches f. 4 1/4 inches g. 3 3/4 inches
2. Check student’s answers. The answers below may not be the right length when printed from the download version,
because many printers will print with “shrink to fit” or “fit to printable area.”
a.
b.
c.
d.
3. Answers will vary.

4. The images are not to scale.

a. b.
1/2 inch 3/4 inch

c. d.
1 1/2 inches 2 1/4 inches
5. a. 1/2 in.; 1 1/2 in. b. 1 in.; 4 1/2 in. c. 6 in.; 8 in. d. 3/4 in.; 2 3/4 in.

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Centimeters and Millimeters, p. 31
1. a. 3 cm 4 mm = 34 mm b. 7 cm 7 mm = 77 mm c. 11 cm 6 mm = 116 mm
d. 12 cm 9 mm = 129 mm e. 6 cm 1 mm = 61 mm f. 5 cm 3 mm = 53 mm
2. Check student’s answers. The answers below may not be the right length when printed from the download version,
because many printers will print with “shrink to fit” or “fit to printable area.”
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
3. Answers will vary. Check the student’s work.
4. a. 10 mm; 20 mm; 50 mm; 80 mm b. 11 mm; 12 mm; 18 mm; 23 mm
c. 45 mm; 25 mm; 78 mm; 104 mm
5. a. 7 cm; 10 cm b. 1 cm 2 mm; 4 cm 5 mm c. 8 cm 9 mm; 10 cm 2 mm
6. The answers below may not match what you measure, if you have printed from the download version, because many
printers will print with “shrink to fit” or “fit to printable area.”
side AB 53 or 54 mm side BC 110 mm side CA 117 mm
7. 280 or 281 mm
8. The answers below may not match what you measure, if you have printed from the download version, because many
printers will print with “shrink to fit” or “fit to printable area.”
The sides measure 22 mm, 65 mm, and 79 mm. The perimeter is 166 mm.
9. a. 20 mm b. 98 mm c. 63 mm d. 69 mm
e. 76 mm f. 85 mm g. 46 mm h. 641 mm

Line Plots and More Measuring, p. 35

1. a. 3 1/4 in. b. 4 3/4 in. c. 1 3/4 in.
2. Answers will vary. Please check the student’s work.
3. Answers will vary. Please check the student’s work.
4. The answers below may not quite match the student's measures, if you have printed from the download version,
because many printers will print with “shrink to fit” or “fit to printable area.”
Side AB 5 cm 7 mm Side BC 4 cm 7 mm
Side CD 4 cm 5 mm Side DA 4 cm 5 mm
Perimeter 19 cm 4 mm
5. Answers will vary.
6. Answers will vary.

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Feet and Miles, p. 38
1-4. Answers will vary.
5. 1 foot is longer than 1 cm. It was about 150 cm tall.
6. It was about 2 feet tall.
7. c. 12 feet.
8. Answers will vary.
9. a. 390 miles b. 120 miles
10.
Distance Unit Distance Unit
from New York to Los Angeles mi the length of a train ft
from a house to a neighbor’s house ft the length of a playground ft
the width of a notebook in. from a train station to the next mi
the distance around the earth mi the width of a computer screen in.
how tall a refrigerator is ft. in.
the width of a porch ft
the length of a board ft. in.

Feet, Yards, and Miles, p. 41

1. Answers will vary.
2. inch, foot, yard, mile
3. Answers will vary.
4. a. mi. b. in. c. ft. d. in. e. ft. f. mi.

5. perimeter = 30 ft + 30 ft + 10 ft + 10 ft = 80 ft; area = 10 ft × 30 ft = 300 ft2

6.
a. 1 ft = 12 in. b. 1 ft 2 in. = 14 in. c. 2 ft 4 in. = 28 in.
3 ft = 36 in. 1 ft 8 in. = 20 in. 2 ft 6 in. = 30 in.
5 ft = 60 in. 1 ft 11 in. = 23 in. 3 ft 3 in. = 39 in.

7. Emma is 50 inches tall.

8. Rebecca is three inches taller.
9. His train of pencils is two feet long.
10. The perimeter of the rectangle is 11 ft 8 in.

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Meters and Kilometers 1, p. 43
1. a. You might not be able to, but the teacher can. b. Answers will vary.
2-4. Answers will vary.
5. a. 20 m + 20 m = 40 m b. 20 m + 39 m + 1 m = 60 m c. 20 m + 39 m + 42 m + 18 m + 25 m = 144 m
6.
Distance Unit Distance Unit
the length of a park m around your wrist cm
from Miami to the North Pole km the height of a room m & cm
the length of a cell phone cm the length of an airplane trip km
the length of a bus m & cm the length of a grasshopper cm

Meters and Kilometers 2, p. 45

1. Answers will vary.
2. Answers will vary.
3. a. m b. mm c. cm d. km e. m f. cm
4. Answers will vary.
5. mm, cm, m, km
6.
a. 1 m = 100 cm b. 1 m 20 cm = 120 cm c. 5 m 85 cm = 585 cm
2 m = 200 cm 1 m 14 cm = 114 cm 2 m 17 cm = 217 cm
5 m = 500 cm 1 m 58 cm = 158 cm 3 m 8 cm = 308 cm

7. The train of pillows would be two meters long.

8. Ellie is 7 cm taller.
9. The perimeter is 5 m 60 cm.

Review 1, p. 47
1.
Distance Unit or units
from your house to the grocery store mi or km
from Miami to New York mi or km
the distance across the room m or ft
the height of a bookcase ft, in, m, or cm

2. About 6 cm or about 2 1/2 in.

3. a.

3. b.
4. The longer pencil is about 7 cm longer than the shorter one.
The longer pencil is about 2.5 inches longer than the shorter one.
5. Answers will vary.

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Weight in Pounds, p. 48
1. a.70 pounds b. 88 pounds c. 76 pounds d. 34 pounds e. 98 pounds f. 192 pounds
2-6. Answers will vary.

Pounds and Ounces, p. 50

1. a. 4 lb 0 oz b. 0 lb 9 oz c. 1 lb 1 oz
2. a. 1 lb 11 oz b. 2 lb 4 oz c. 5 lb 3 oz d. 3 lb 9 oz
e. 3 lb 14 oz f. 2 lb 15 oz g. 5 lb 9 oz h. 3 lb 8 oz i. 2 lb 8 oz
3. Answers will vary.
4. Answers will vary.
5. Answers will vary.
6. a. 2 lb b. 160 lb c. 2 oz d. 70 lb e. 600 lb f. 6 oz
7. a. lb b. lb c. oz d. oz e. lb
8.
a. 2 lb = 32 oz b. 1 lb 1 oz = 17 oz c. 2 lb 4 oz = 36 oz
3 lb = 48 oz 1 lb 7 oz = 23 oz 3 lb 9 oz = 57 oz
4 lb = 64 oz 2 lb 11 oz = 43 oz 5 lb 4 oz = 84 oz

9. The liquid weighs five ounces

10. a. 8 letters b. 1 lb 14 oz

Weight in Kilograms, p. 54
1. a. 45 kilograms b. 93 kilograms c. 69 kilograms
2-7. Answers will vary.

Grams and Kilograms, p. 56

1. a. 2 kg 200 g b. 0 kg 200 g c. 1 kg 400 g d. 0 kg 800 g e. 3 kg 0 g f. 3 kg 400 g
2. Answers will vary.
3. Answers will vary.
4. Answers will vary.
5. a. 5 g b. 70 kg c. 1 kg d. 1 kg e. 30 g f. 15 g
g. 2,000 kg h. 100 g i. 8 kg j. 10 g k. 5 kg l. 300 g
6. An adult woman - 55 kg; A puppy - 1 kg ; A pencil - 50 g;
A school book - 500 g; A magazine - 150 g; A 9-year-old boy - 25 kg
7. a. kg b. g c. kg d. g e. kg f. kg g. g
8.
a. 1 kg = 1,000 g b. 1 kg 600 g = 1,600 g c. 9 kg = 9,000 g
2 kg = 2,000 g 1 kg 80 g = 1,080 g 8 kg 600 g = 8,600 g
3 kg = 3,000 g 2 kg 450 g = 2,450 g 5 kg 8 g = 5,800 g
4 kg = 4,000 g 8 kg 394 g = 8,394 g 7 kg 41 g = 7,041 g

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Grams and Kilograms, cont.
9. Five t-shirts would weigh 1 kg.
10. Their combined weight is 3 kg.
11. a. Their total weight is 2,100 grams.
b. Their total weight is 2 kg 100 g.
12. The remaining potatoes weigh 1 kg 900 g.
13. a. The total weight of the packages he has received this month is 8 kg 300 g.
b. He is still allowed to receive 1 kg 700 g of mail this month.

Cups, Pints, Quarts, and Gallons, p. 60

1. It takes 2 pints of water to fill 1 quart jar.
2. How much water is left in the quart jar? 1 pint.
3. Two times. One pint is two cups.
4. Four times. One quart is four cups.
5. Answers will vary.
6. Answers will vary.
7. Answers will vary.
8. a. 2 pt b. 4 C c. 2 C
9. a. A pint is more. b. Two cups are equal to a pint. c. 3 cups are more.
d. A quart is more. e. 1 quart is more. f. 2 pints are equal to 1 quart.
10. a. Mary drank 2 cups of tea at the party.
b. Mom bought 1 quart of yogurt for the four children.
c. Ron was quite thirsty and so he drank a whole pint of water.
d. The large pitcher can hold 2 quarts of juice.
11. Answers will vary.
Puzzle corner: 20 quarts

Milliliters and Liters, p. 63

1. - 4. Student activities. Answers will vary.
5.
a. 1 L = 1,000 ml b. 1 L 200 ml = 1,200 ml c. 7 L 70 ml = 7,070 ml
2 L = 2,000 ml 5 L 490 ml = 5,490 ml 4 L 3 ml = 4,003 ml
6 L = 6,000 ml 4 L 230 ml = 4,230 ml 9 L 409 ml = 9,409 ml

6. It contains 522 more ml of shampoo.

7. They contain 1 L 350 ml of water.
8. You can fill four 250 ml glasses or five 200 ml glasses from one liter.
9. There is 750 ml left in the pitcher.

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Review 2, p. 65
1. a.
b.
2. AB: 5 cm 1 mm
BC: 7 cm 2 mm
CA: 9 cm 2 mm
perimeter: 21 cm 5 mm
However, if you printed the lesson yourself, and didn’t print at 100% but with “shrink to fit,” “print to fit,” or similar,
the measurements will be smaller numbers than those given above. Please check the student’s answers.
For example, the student might get:
AB: 4 cm 7 mm
BC: 6 cm 8 mm
CA: 8 cm 6 mm
perimeter: 20 cm 1 mm
3. AB: 1 ½ in BC: 1 in
CD: 1 ½ in DA: 1 in
perimeter: 5 in
However, if you printed the lesson yourself, and didn’t print at 100% but with “shrink to fit,” “print to fit,” or similar,
the measurements will be smaller numbers than those given above. Please check the student’s answers.
4. mm, cm, m, km
5. in, ft, yd, mi
6. C, pt, qt, gal
7. pounds or kilograms
8. a. A butterfly’s wings were 6 cm wide. b. Sherry is 66 in tall.
c. Jessica jogged 5 km or mi yesterday. d. The box was 60 cm tall.
e. The distance from the city f. The room was 4 m wide.
to the little town is 80 km or mi . g. The eraser is 3 cm long
9. a. 2 lb 12 oz b. 2 lb 4 oz c. 5 lb 12 oz
10. Answers will vary.
11. Answers will vary.
12. a. Mom bought 5 kg or lb of apples. b. Mary drank 350 ml of juice.
c. Dr. Smith weighs about 70 kg . d. The banana weighed 3 oz .
e. The pan holds 2 qt or L of water. f. A cell phone weighs about 100 g .

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