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Camping Trip Length Guesses

Grade 2 camping-themed practice estimating lengths in inches, feet, centimeters, and meters using benchmarks and known objects.

Grade 2MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to2.MD.A.3

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 11 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students estimate lengths in inches, feet, centimeters, and meters using benchmark objects.
  • Students use the known length of one object to estimate the length of another object.
  • Students judge whether a length estimate is too big, too small, or about right.

How to use

Pass around a marshmallow, a ruler, and a meter stick so students can feel each camp helper length before they begin. Read the helpers together first.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

2.MD.A.3

Estimate lengths in inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.

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Camping Trip Length Guesses

Use camp helpers and things you know to estimate lengths.

Use a camp helper

Read the camp helpers. Use them to estimate each length.

Camp helpers
1 centimeter is about as wide as a blueberry.
1 inch is about as long as one marshmallow.
1 foot is about as long as Dad's hiking boot.
1 meter is about as long as a guitar.
1.
A tent stake is about as long as 7 marshmallows lined up end to end. About how long is the tent stake?
  • A. 7 centimeters
  • B. 7 feet
  • C. 7 meters
  • D. 7 inches
2.
The trail sign post is about as tall as 2 guitars stacked end to end. About how tall is the post?
  • A. 2 inches
  • B. 2 meters
  • C. 2 centimeters
  • D. 20 meters
3.
Ruby's walking stick is about as long as 4 of Dad's hiking boots placed heel to toe.

The walking stick is about   feet long.

4.
Omar finds a pinecone. It is about as long as 9 blueberries in a row.

The pinecone is about   centimeters long.

Use one thing to estimate another

Use the length you know to estimate the new length.

5.
The camp lantern is about 10 inches tall. The big water jug is about as tall as 2 lanterns stacked up.

The water jug is about   inches tall.

6.
The cooler is about 2 feet long. The picnic table is about as long as 3 coolers in a row.

The picnic table is about   feet long.

7.
The tent is about 2 meters long. The camper van parked next to it is about as long as 3 tents in a row. About how long is the camper van?
  • A. about 6 centimeters
  • B. about 2 meters
  • C. about 60 meters
  • D. about 6 meters

Check the estimates

Think about the real size of each camping thing.

8.
Is each camping thing shorter or longer than 1 foot? Sort them.
a marshmallowa sleeping baga camp spoona canoe paddlea toothbrusha tent
Shorter than 1 footLonger than 1 foot
9.
Match each camping thing to its best estimate.
  1. how tall a camp mug is
  2. how long a cricket is
  3. how tall a camping chair is
  4. how long a fishing pole is
  5. how tall the ranger station flagpole is
  1. A. 3 feet
  2. B. 10 meters
  3. C. 4 inches
  4. D. 2 meters
  5. E. 2 centimeters
10.
The campers made some estimates. Is each estimate too big, too small, or about right?
A sleeping bag is about 2 inches long.A camp spoon is about 6 inches long.A tent is about 50 meters long.A canoe is about 4 meters long.A hiking boot is about 10 feet long.A pine tree is about 12 centimeters tall.
Too bigAbout rightToo small
11.
Mila thinks the picnic table bench is about 5 feet long. Explain how she could use Dad's hiking boot to check if her estimate makes sense.

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