Sheet # 829

1. What form of measurement would be used to identify the distance between Belleville and St. Louis?

A. feet

B. yards

C. miles

D. inches


2. If you were measuring the length of your dog, what unit of measurement would you use?

A. inches

B. miles

C. yards

D. pounds


3. Your parents want to find the amount of material needed to make drapes for your bedroom. What form of measurement would they use to make this purchase?

A. inches

B. miles

C. yards

D. meters


4. Which object weighs about an ounce?

A. a can of soda

B. a feather

C. a car

D. a book


5. Which object weighs about a pound?

A. a car

B. a desk

C. a box of pasta

D. a pencil


6. Estimate how many pounds of apples you can buy with $5.00.

A. 5 pounds

B. 12 pounds

C. 14 pounds

D. 20 pounds


7. You are given the job of taking out the trash as a weekly chore to earn your allowance. The estimated distance from your kitchen to where you dispose of garbage is 15 feet. How many yards do you walk taking the trash out and returning to the kitchen?

A. 10 yards

B. 15 yards

C. 20 yards

D. 30 yards

8. Using the map mile scale, identify the total number of miles Kim traveled from town to town? Each side of the square is 1 inch and 1 inch = 4 miles

A. 15 miles

B. 60 miles

C. 56 miles

D. 58 miles

9. You just turned sixteen years old and your parents have surprised you with a new car. The car's gas tank holds 19 gallons of gas. If the car gets about 21 miles to the gallon, estimate how many miles you can drive on one full tank of gas?

A. about 250 miles

B. about 300 miles

C. about 350 miles

D. about 400 miles


10. How many units longer is one line than the other?

A. 2 units

B. 2 1/2 units

C. 3 units

D. 3 1/2 units


11. How many units longer is one line than the other?

A. 1 1/2 units

B. 11/4 units

C. 1 3/4 units

D. 2 1/4 units

12. What measurement would you use to estimate the length of a pencil?

A. centimeters

B. meters

C. kilometers

D. gram


13. What measurement would be used to estimate the length of a football field?

A. centimeters

B. meters

C. kilometers

D. grams


14. Which unit of measurement would be used to estimate the distance between towns/cities?

A. centimeters

B. meters

C. kilograms

D. kilometers


15. Grass grows approximately two centimeters each day. The grass is four centimeters high now. If you do not mow the grass for seven days, how high will the grass be?

A. 6 cm

B. 14 cm

C. 18 cm

D. 20 cm


16. The scale drawing for a swimming pool shows an area of 350 square cm. What will the area of the actual pool be, using the formula 2 cm2 =

1 meter2?

A. 125 square meters

B. 125 meters

C. 175 meters

D. 175 square meters


17. What is the perimeter of the figure below?

A. 24 feet

B. 48 feet

C. 72 feet

D. 100 feet


18. Let equal 2 square feet. What is the area of the shaded figure?

A. 30 square feet

B. 33 square feet

C. 60 square feet

D. 66 square feet