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ATS-Math 6
Measurement
Question | Answer |
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Define Length | the distance along a line or figure from one point to another. |
Name 3 items that are used to measure most lengths in our country | Rulers, yardsticks and tape measures |
Centimeter rulers, meter sticks, and tapes are what type of measurement used to measure lengths? | Metric |
When you make an estimation and you are not even close to the actual measurement, you would be considered where? | “outside the ballpark” |
When your estimation is close to the actual measurement, you are said to be where? | "inside the ballpark” |
What is the best way to judge the size of objects? | By comparing them to the size of an object that you already know. |
Define estimation | This is the approximate measurement of something. |
A doorway is about how wide? A) inch B) foot C) yard D) mile | C) yard |
Most submarine sandwiches are about how long? A) 6 inches B) 12 inches C) 30 inches D) 100 inches | B) 12 inches (which=1 foot) |
A dollar bill is about how long in inches; in centimeters; & in millimeters | inches= 6 centimeters= 15 millimeters= 150 |
A millimeter is about as wide as what? | A screw on a pair of glasses. |
A centimeter is about the size of the width of what? | Your small fingernail. |
1 foot= how many inches? | 12 |
There are how many feet in one yard? | 3 |
The average sidewalk is a how wide? A) a few centimeters B) a few miles C) a few feet D) a few inches | C) a few feet |
There are how many inches in one yard? | 36 |
There are how many millimeters in one centimeter? | 10 |
There are how many centimeters in a meter? | 100 |
Centimeter Centi (like in centimeter) means what? | “hundredths” |
1 centimeter = how many meters? | 1/100 of a meter |
There are how many millimeters in one meter? | 1,000 |
1 inch is about how many centimeters? | 2.5 |
A meter is just a little bit longer than a what? A) a yard B) a foot C) 1/100 of a millimeter D) a mile | A) a yard |
A mile is slightly farther than how many kilometers? A) .015 km B) .15 km C) 1.5 km D) 11.5 km | C) 1.5 km |
What is slightly farther than half a mile. A) A fanthom B) An inch C) 5 yards D) A kilometer | D) A kilometer |