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Making Play Dough: Grams, Kilograms, and Liters

Grade 3 metric practice making play dough: choose grams, kilograms, or liters, read scales, estimate, and solve one-step mass and volume problems.

Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3.MD.A.2

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 12 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students choose grams, kilograms, or liters to measure mass or liquid volume.
  • Students read a scale and estimate masses and liquid volumes.
  • Students solve one-step word problems with masses or volumes in the same unit.

How to use

Use after students have held a gram (a paper clip), a kilogram, and a liter bottle. Read the scale questions aloud together before students work alone.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.MD.A.2

Measure and estimate liquid volume and mass in liters, grams, and kilograms.

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Making Play Dough: Grams, Kilograms, and Liters

Measure flour, salt, and water for a class play dough day.

Pick the unit

Ms. Patel's class is making play dough. Think about how big or heavy each thing is.

1.
Sort each thing by the best unit to measure it.
the mass of a pinch of glitterthe mass of a big sack of flourthe water in a large pitcherthe mass of one small ball of play doughthe cooking oil in a big jugthe mass of a bin holding all the class's dough
GramsKilogramsLiters
2.
Which is the best estimate for the mass of one cup of flour?
  • A. 125 kilograms
  • B. 1 gram
  • C. 125 grams
3.
Which of these holds about 1 liter of water?
  • A. a measuring spoon
  • B. a large water bottle
  • C. a bathtub

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