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Sandcastle Contest: Changing Units at the Beach

Grade 4 measurement conversions at a beach sandcastle contest: change meters, liters, kilograms, feet, pounds, hours, and minutes to smaller units.

Grade 4MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to4.MD.A.1

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 13 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students describe how many times larger one unit is than a smaller unit in the same system.
  • Students convert measurements, including mixed units like 3 feet 4 inches, to a smaller unit.
  • Students complete a two-column table of hours and minutes and compare measurements by converting.

How to use

Review key facts such as 1 m = 100 cm, 1 ft = 12 in, and 1 lb = 16 oz before starting. Students can work alone, then compare answers to the last two questions with a partner.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

4.MD.A.1

Know the relative sizes of units within one measurement system and convert larger units to smaller ones.

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Sandcastle Contest: Changing Units at the Beach

Change larger units into smaller units while building sandcastles.

How big is each unit?

Think about how many small units fit in one big unit.

1.
The judges weigh buckets of wet sand on a kitchen scale.

1 kilogram is   times as heavy as 1 gram.

2.
Players measure their towers with a tape measure.

1 foot is   times as long as 1 inch.

3.
Tasha digs a moat that is 2 meters long. Which length is the same as 2 meters?
  • A. 20 centimeters
  • B. 2,000 centimeters
  • C. 102 centimeters
  • D. 200 centimeters

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