NAME ______________________________ DATE __________________

ACTIVITY

Inches and Centimeters: Measuring

Estimate and then measure the length of each object.

Estimate Measure

1 My pencil is about:

__________ inches long.

__________ cm long.

My pencil is:

__________ inches long.

__________ cm long.

Circle the unit that gives you the larger number.

inches centimeters

2 My book is about:

__________ inches long.

__________ cm long.

My book is:

__________ inches long.

__________ cm long.

Circle the unit that gives you the larger number.

inches centimeters

3 My scissors are about:

__________ inches long.

__________ cm long.

My scissors are:

__________ inches long.

__________ cm long.

Circle the unit that gives you the larger number.

inches centimeters

4 Which unit always gives you the larger number?

inches centimeters

5 Why do you think this happens?

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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Coins, Number Strings, and Story Problems Unit 2 Attributes of Shapes and Parts of a Whole Unit 3 How Many Stickers? How Many Cents? Unit 4 Pockets, Teeth, and Guess My Rule Unit 5 How Many Tens? How Many Hundreds? Unit 6 How Far Can You Jump? Unit 7 Partners, Teams, and Other Groups Unit 8 Enough for the Class? Enough for the Grade?