Choosing a Measuring Tool (Customary) Worksheet Download
Free 3rd Grade (2md1) math worksheets on Choosing a Customary Measuring Tool. Each worksheet has 8 problems with an answer key and are ideal for teachers and homeschooling. You can download the PDF, create a set of flash cards or set it up for online learning.
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About this worksheet
Each worksheet has 8 problems choosing whether an inch ruler, yardstick or measuring tape best fits an object.
This worksheet asks children to pick the right customary measuring tool for an object - an inch ruler, a yardstick or a measuring tape. Choosing the instrument is a separate skill from reading a scale, and it is the part of measurement children most often skip. Objects come from three clearly separated size bands so each question has one defensible answer. Sheets can be customized, turned into flash cards, or assigned for online learning.
Student objectives
- Choose whether an inch ruler, a yardstick or a measuring tape best fits an object.
- Judge roughly how long an object is before deciding how to measure it.
- Explain why a tool can be too short, or longer than it needs to be, for a given object.
Everyday practice
- Before measuring something at home, say which tool you would reach for and why.
- Find three things an inch ruler is long enough to measure and three things it is not.
- Use a tape measure on a room, then work out how many yardsticks that would be.