Name Measuring Directions Read each question below Circle

Name: _______________ Measuring Directions: Read each question below. Circle the letter of the best answer. 1. Which is the best estimate of how many 4. Using the length of a paper clip, coffee cups it would take to fill a flower approximately how many paper clips wide vase? is piece of notebook paper? A. 2 paper clips B. 5 paper clips C. 8 paper clips D. 100 paper clips A. ½ a cup 5. Which is the best estimate of how many B. 2 cups milk jugs it would take to fill a kitchen sink? C. 7 cups D. 25 cups 2. Using your foot, which is the best estimate of how wide a classroom desk is? A. 1 milk jugs A. 3 feet B. 5 milk jugs B. 5 feet C. 50 milk jugs C. 8 feet D. 500 milk jugs D. 10 feet 3. If a textbook weighs approximately 1 6. If the width of your pinky finger is 1 kilogram, how much does a backpack centimeter, which is the best estimate of weigh? the length of a pencil? A. ½ a kilogram A. 3 centimeters B. 2 kilograms B. 8 centimeters C. 10 kilograms C. 15 centimeters D. 20 kilograms D. 25 centimeters Copyright © 2011 Study Island - All rights reserved.

7. If the length of a paper clip is an inch, which 9. Using a baseball bat as a benchmark, is the best estimate of the length of a which is the best estimate of the height of a football? door? A. 2 inches B. 5 inches C. 7 inches A. 1 baseball bat D. 11 inches B. 3 baseball bats C. 6 baseball bats D. 10 baseball bats 8. Which is the best estimate of the number of 10. If a textbook weighs approximately 2 cartons of juice it would take to fill a punch pounds, which is the best estimate of the bowl? weight of an average newborn baby? A. 4 cartons A. 6 pounds B. 40 cartons B. 12 pounds C. 400 cartons C. 18 pounds D. 4, 000 cartons D. 24 pounds Copyright © 2011 Study Island - All rights reserved.

Name: _______________ Measuring – Answer Key Directions: Read each question below. Circle the letter of the best answer. 1. Which is the best estimate of how many 4. Using the length of a paper clip, coffee cups it would take to fill a flower approximately how many paper clips wide vase? is piece of notebook paper? A. 2 paper clips B. 5 paper clips C. 8 paper clips D. 100 paper clips A. ½ a cup 5. Which is the best estimate of how many B. 2 cups milk jugs it would take to fill a kitchen sink? C. 7 cups D. 25 cups 2. Using your foot, which is the best estimate of how wide a classroom desk is? A. 1 milk jugs A. 3 feet B. 5 milk jugs B. 5 feet C. 50 milk jugs C. 8 feet D. 500 milk jugs D. 10 feet 3. If a textbook weighs approximately 1 6. If the width of your pinky finger is 1 kilogram, how much does a backpack centimeter, which is the best estimate of weigh? the length of a pencil? A. ½ a kilogram A. 3 centimeters B. 2 kilograms B. 8 centimeters C. 10 kilograms C. 15 centimeters D. 20 kilograms D. 25 centimeters Copyright © 2011 Study Island - All rights reserved.

7. If the length of a paper clip is an inch, which 9. Using a baseball bat as a benchmark, is the best estimate of the length of a which is the best estimate of the height of a football? door? A. 2 inches B. 5 inches C. 7 inches A. 1 baseball bat D. 11 inches B. 3 baseball bats C. 6 baseball bats D. 10 baseball bats 8. Which is the best estimate of the number of 10. If a textbook weighs approximately 2 cartons of juice it would take to fill a punch pounds, which is the best estimate of the bowl? weight of an average newborn baby? A. 4 cartons A. 6 pounds B. 40 cartons B. 12 pounds C. 400 cartons C. 18 pounds D. 4, 000 cartons D. 24 pounds Copyright © 2011 Study Island - All rights reserved.