Measurement Madness
Ana Floyd
afloyd@randolph.k12.nc.us
Wendy Rich
wrich@asheboro.k12.nc.us
The distance from Titus to Auburn is
48 km. About how many miles is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
24 miles
29 miles
96 miles
100 miles
Answer: B
The stick is 8 cm long. About how
many inches is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3 in
6 in
16 in
38 in
Answer: A
My desk is 18 inches wide. About how
many centimeters is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
6 cm
17 cm
30 cm
45 cm
Answer: D
My hand is 7 inches wide. About how
many mm wide is my hand?
A.
B.
C.
D.
14 mm
20 mm
148 mm
175 mm
Answer: D
My house is 90 feet from the road.
About how many meters is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
10 meters
27 meters
30 meters
60 meters
Answer: B
The distance to the barn from the
house is 52 meters. About how many
yards is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
56 yards
52 yards
50 yards
26 yards
Answer: A
It is 26 yards to the goal for the team.
Approximately how many meters from
scoring a touchdown are they?
A.
B.
C.
D.
52 meters
28 meters
23 meters
13 meters
Answer: C
The mall is 18 miles from school.
About how many kilometers is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
10 km
16 km
30 km
50 km
Answer: C
Helga packed a box of books
that has a mass of 100 kilograms.
About how many pounds is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
50 lbs
60 lbs
200 lbs
220 lbs
Answer: D
Linda bought a dog weighing 44 lbs.
About how many kilograms is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
10 kg
20 kg
50 kg
90 kg
Answer: B
The bag of beans weighed 8 ounces.
How many grams did it weigh?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8 grams
16 grams
226 grams
1000 grams
Answer: C
The table weighed 25 lbs. About how
many kg did it weigh?
A.
B.
C.
D.
11 kg
22 kg
28 kg
50 kg
Answer: A
The teacher weighs 60 kg. About how
many pounds is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
32 lbs
120 lbs
132 lbs
200 lbs
Answer: C
Sally drank 100 pints of
milk in the cafeteria this year. About
how many liters is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
10 liters
47 liters
50 liters
59 liters
Answer: B (Students must convert 100 pints to 50 qts,
then know that a quart is slightly less than a liter)
Extra Practice
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18 miles = ____ km
60 km = _____ miles
42 cm = ____ inches
33 feet = _____ meters
49 mm = _____ inches
60 inches = _____ cm