1. Converting customary measures of length, weight, and capacity
January 22, 2013

2. What is a customary measurement?
The measurement system that includes units such as inch, foot, pounds, quarts; etc.

3. What is length?
How long something is from one end to the other; a distance measurement; etc.

4. Length is the distance from one point to another.

5. Fencing for a garden; your height; etc.
What are some instances where you might need a precise measurement for length or distance?
Fencing for a garden; your height; etc.

8. How did you decide the estimated measure of each classroom item you chose?

9. What fractional parts is 1 inch divided into?

10. Let’s measure a crayon!

20. List two items that would be about the same length as each measurement given:
1 inch __________
13 yards _____________
4 inches ______________
1 foot ________________
0.5 inch _____________
10 miles _________________

21. What customary unit would you use to measure the following?
7. baseball _______________
8. driveway ________________
9. distance from New York to Los Angeles _________________
10. train ___________________
11. telephone ______________
12. refrigerator ___________

22. SOLVE:
13. Jenny has 3 bananas that are 6 inches long. If she lays them end-to-end, how long will the line of bananas be?
14. Brice needs 2 feet of ribbon to tie a bow around a birthday present. He has 3 feet. Does he have enough?

23. SOLVE:
15. What tool would you use to measure a football field? In what unit will your results be?
16. Kelly has 6 notebooks, each 1.5 inches thick. If she stacks the notebooks together, how tall would the stack be?

24. SOLVE:
Clark says that his parents’ car is 96 units long. Which customary unit of length was each person using?
Thomas says that a tree in his yard is a mile high. Is his clain reasonable? Explain.

25. SOLVE:
19. Rosa is 64 inches tall. Kathleen is 5 ft 4 inches tall. Who is taller?
20. The school is 27 yards away from the public library. Additionally, the school is 108 feet away from the train station. Which is the school closer to, the library or the train station?

26. SOLVE:
Amani is standing 15 feet from the water fountain. Dimitri is standing 132 inches from the water fountain. Who is standing closest to the fountain?
Morgan says that her brother is 2 yards tall. How many feet tall is he? How many inches?

27. COMPLETE:
5 ft=____ in.
in.=____ft
miles=___ yd
inches=______ yd
27. ______ in.= 20 feet
ft 5 in.=_________ in.
ft=__________ in.

28. COMPLETE:
90 ft=_______ in.
23,760 ft=________ mi
2 miles=________yd
24 ft=________yd
_______ in.= 1 yd
60 ft= _____ yard
_________ft= 9 in.

29. COMPLETE:
90 ft=_______ in.
23,760 ft=________ mi
2 miles=________yd
24 ft=________yd
_______ in.= 1 yd
60 ft= _____ yard
_________ft= 9 in.
40. 3 yards=_____ in.