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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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What’s included
- Single worksheet
- Auto-graded online
- 1 Common Core standard
- Printable answer key
- 13 questions
- Classroom-ready
Details
- 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
Know the relative sizes of units within one measurement system and convert larger units to smaller ones.
Preview
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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 kilogram is times as heavy as 1 gram.
1 foot is times as long as 1 inch.
- A. 20 centimeters
- B. 2,000 centimeters
- C. 102 centimeters
- D. 200 centimeters
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