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Worksheet: Estimating Customary Units of Length
Q1:
Choose an appropriate unit for measuring the width of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Ayards
- Binches
- Cfeet
- Dmiles
- Ecentimeters
Q2:
Which is a more reasonable estimate for the length of a bedroom: 1 rod or 4 rods?
Q4:
Matthew wants to know the approximate height of a mountain. Would it be more accurate to have an approximation given to the nearest mile, yard, or foot?
- A to the nearest mile
- B to the nearest yard
- C to the nearest foot
Q5:
Pick the most sensible unit to measure the length of a football field.
- Ainches
- Bfeet
- Cyards
Q6:
If you are estimating the height of a person, which units of measure would be most appropriate to use?
- Ayards and feet
- Bmiles and yards
- Cfeet and inches
Q7:
Pick the most sensible unit to measure the thickness of a book.
- Ayards
- Bfeet
- Cinches
Q8:
Natalie, using a clinometer, worked out the height of an oak tree to be 63 miles. What did she do wrong?
- AShe missed dividing by .
- BShe missed off a zero.
- CShe missed multiplying by .
- DShe used the wrong units.
- EShe missed adding .
Q9:
Pick the most sensible unit to measure the length of a classroom.
- AMiles
- BInches
- CFeet
Q10:
Daniel wants to measure the height of a door frame as accurately as possible. Should he measure its height to the nearest quarter, eighth, or sixteenth of an inch?
- A to the nearest quarter of an inch
- B to the nearest eighth of an inch
- C to the nearest sixteenth of an inch
Q11:
Pick the most sensible unit to measure the length of a pencil.
- Ayards
- Bfeet
- Cinches
Q12:
Choose an appropriate unit for measuring the distance between two cities.
- Ainches
- Byards
- Cfeet
- Dmiles
- Ecentimeters
Q13:
Daniel wants to estimate the length of a journey from the east coast to the west coast of the USA.
What would be a disadvantage to estimating this distance in feet?
- AThe number would be very large.
- BThe number would be smaller and easier to visualize.
What would be an advantage to estimating the distance in miles?
- AThe number would be smaller and easier to visualize.
- BThe number would be very large and difficult to visualize.
Q14:
William wants to estimate the height of an office building with 58 floors.
Which of the following is the best estimate for the height of a ceiling in an office?
- A 6 ft
- B 15 ft
- C 20 ft
- D 8 ft
- E 4 ft
Given there is a gap of about 2 ft between each floor in the building, estimate the total height of the building.
- A 580 ft
- B ft
- C 464 ft
- D 986 ft
- E 348 ft