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Measurement
Teacher-led slideshow to
review units of measure for:
• volume/capacity
• length
• weight
Virginia Math SOL 3.14
Teacher Notes
• The answers to these questions are not
included.
• The purpose of this slideshow is to give
teachers and students a chance to
dialogue about the various units of
measure.
• Give students an opportunity to justify their
answer choices and explain their
reasoning.
Virginia Math SOL SOL 3.14
• The student will estimate and then use
actual measuring devices with metric and
U.S. Customary units to measure
• length–inches, feet, yards, centimeters,
and meters;
• liquid volume–cups, pints, quarts, gallons,
and liters; and
• weight/mass–ounces, pounds, grams, and
kilograms.
The length of
an eraser?
•Inches
•Feet
•Yards
•Meters
The amount of water
that will fill a tub?
•Cups
•Pints
•Gallons
…the length of
your finger?
•Yards
•Centimeters
•Feet
•Meters
…the weight of this
backpack when filled
with books?
•Grams
•Ounces
•pounds
•Kilograms
The width of
a cell phone?
•Inches
•Feet
•Yards
•Kilometers
…the weight
of a letter?
•Grams
•Ounces
•pounds
•Kilograms
…the width of
a piano
key?
•Centimeters
•Feet
•Yards
•Meters
…the amount of water
that will fill
a washing machine?
•Ounces
•Cups
•Pints
•Gallons
…the length
of an airplane
•Centimeters
•Inches
•Feet
•Yards/Meters
…the width
of an envelope?
•Inches
•Feet
•Yards
•Meters
…the weight of a
lady bug?
•Grams
•Ounces
•Pounds
•Kilograms
…the height of
a giraffe?
•Centimeters
•Inches
•Meters
•Feet
…the weight of a
killer whale?
•Grams
•Ounces
•Pounds
•Kilograms
…the length of a
crayon?
•Centimeters
•Feet
•Yards
•Meters
…the height of
a school bus?
•Centimeters
•Inches
•Yards/Meters
•Cups
•Liters
•Gallons
… the amount of coffee
that will fill
this container?
…the amount of
gasoline that will fill
this container?
•Ounces
•Cups
•Quarts/Liters
•Gallons
… amount of gasoline
to fill this tank?
•Cups
•Pints
•Ounces
•Gallons
…the weight of one
bunch of bananas
•Grams
•Ounces
•Pounds
•Kilograms
The weight of a small
slice of
watermelon?
•Grams
•Ounces
•Pounds
•Kilograms
…the weight of a
small frog?
•Grams
•Ounces
•pounds
•Kilograms
•Ounces
•Gallons
•Pints
•Quarts
The amount of
root beer
in this float?
…the length of
a goldfish?
•Centimeters
•Inches
•Feet
•Yards/Meters
…the length of a
pencil?
•Inches
•Feet
•Yards
•Meters
…the weight of
one noodle?
•Grams
•Ounces
•pounds
•Kilograms
…the weight of
one grape, jelly bean,
or paperclip?
•Gram
•Ounce
•pound
•Kilogram
…the weight
of a bag of apples?
•Grams
•Ounces
•pounds
•Kilograms
…the weight of a
pencil?
•Grams
•Pounds
•Kilograms
•Tons
…the length of
an ear of
ear of corn?
•Inches
•Feet
•Meters
•Yards
…the weight of
one pepper?
•Ounces
•Pounds
•kilograms
…the amount
of coffee
in a mug?
•Ounces
•Liters
•Gallons
•pints
…the thickness
of a wallet?
•meters
•feet
•inches
•yards
…the height of a
•Pounds
•Inches
•Feet
•Pints
can of spray paint?
•Yards
•meters
•inches
•feet
The width of a
case
for a
Compact Disc
(CD)
…the weight
of a mouse?
•Ounces
•Pounds
•Kilograms
•centimeters
…a large spoon
can hold
about one
•Quart
•Pint
•Ounce
•Gallon
…the weight of
a piece
of luggage?
•Pounds
•Gallons
•Ounces
•Feet
…the amount of
liquid that would
fill a barrel.
•Cups
•Ounces
•Gallons
•Grams
…the height of
a desk?
•Centimeters
•Inches
•Feet
•Meters
The weight of an
ear of corn?
•Ounces
•Pounds
•Feet
•Kilograms
…the amount
of water to
fill a swimming
pool?
•Cups
•Pints
•Liters
•Gallons
..the length of
a clothesline?
•Centimeters
•Inches
•Pounds
•Yards/Meters