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Sheet # 821


1. Which object weighs about 1 pound?

a. an elephant

b. a school

c. a brick

d. a tennis shoe


2. Which object weighs about as much as an elephant?

a. a hippopotamus

b. a baby

c. a feather

d. a hamburger


3. Which object is probably shorter than your desk?

a. a yardstick

b. a broom

c. a comb

d. a rake


4. What would probably weigh the least amount?

a. 10 apples

b. 5 books

c. 1 computer

d. 25 feathers


5. About how many cups of water would it take to fill a bathtub?

a. 1 cup

b. 50 cups

c. 25 cups

d. more than 100 cups


6. Compare the weight of a cotton ball to a watermelon.

A cotton ball weighs __________ a watermelon.

a. more than

b. the same as

c. less than

d. 10 pounds more than



7. Which object is about 1 foot long?

a. a piece of paper

b. a marble

c. a car

d. a button


8. Which object probably weighs more than a can of soda?

a. a fork

b. a piece of napkin

c. a straw

d. a brick



9. About how many skittles would fit on this line? ________

a. 50

b. 25

c. 5

d. 10



10.What object would probably be shorter than this line?

__________________________________________

a. a table

b. a baseball bat

c. a nickel

d. a shoebox


11. About how many liters of water are in this jug?

a. 1 liter

b. 3 liters

c. 2 liters

d. 4 liters


12. About how many inches long is this pencil?


a. 1 inch

b. 10 inches

c. 4 inches

d. 14 inches


13.About how many days are in a month?

a. 1 day

b. 10 days

c. 30 days

d. 100 days