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Topic 14
Test
Mark the best answer.
1. Which is the best estimate for the
length of a house? (14-1)
A 12 yards
B 12 feet
4. The Robinson’s have a turkey that
weighs 14 pounds. How many
ounces does the turkey weigh?
(14-4)
A 30 ounces
C 12 miles
B 112 ounces
D 12 inches
C 224 ounces
2. Which is the best estimate of the
capacity of a pitcher of water?
(14-2)
A 1,000 pints
D 448 ounces
5. Which of the following holds about
1 liter of water? (14-7)
B 1 pint
A spoon
C 1 gallon
B glass
D 1,000 gallons
C pot
D eye dropper
3. Which is the best estimate of the
mass of a basketball? (14-8)
A 6 grams
B 600 grams
C 6,000 grams
D 60 kilograms
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6. Timmy’s birthday is 53 days away.
Which of these is less than
53 days? (14-10)
8. What metric unit would best
measure the width of a textbook?
(14-6)
A 3 weeks
B 240 hours
9. What unit would best measure the
weight of a large dog? (14-3)
C 1 month
D All of the above
7. Mike, Liz, and Danna are friends.
They each measured the length
of the sidewalk in front of their
school for a project. Which
friend do you think measured
incorrectly? (14-5)
Friend
Mike
Liz
Danna
Measurement
280 inches
24 feet
8 yards
10. What symbol makes the
comparison true? (14-4)
9 ft
2 yd
11. Angela’s solo in the school
musical lasted 157 seconds.
What symbol makes the
comparison true? (14-10)
157 seconds
A Liz
3 minutes
B Danna
C Mike
D All measured correctly
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12. John ran 600 meters at baseball
practice. How many centimeters
did he run? (14-9)
13. Which symbol makes the
comparison true? (14-9)
200 g
16. Mia counted the number of quilt
squares she had. She placed
the squares in one long line. She
counted 27 squares. How many
centimeters long was Mia’s line of
squares? (14-6)
2 kg
14. At 2:30 p.m. the thermometer
outside of Sharlene’s window read
44°C. It had risen 3° between
noon and 2:30 p.m. and 12°
between 7:00 a.m. and noon.
What was the temperature at
7:00 a.m.? (14-11)
15. In 2009, 40 years had gone by
since the first man walked on the
moon. How many months are in
40 years? (14-10)
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17. Cara hiked the two trails shown
below on Saturday. Cara told her
little sister that she had hiked
6,500 meters in one day. Is that
the number of meters Cara hiked?
Explain. (14-9)
Pat’s Peak Trail
4 km
Red Hawk Trail
1.5 km
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