Nonstandard Units of Measurement

____________ units of measurement are units of measurement that aren't typically used, such as pencils, paperclips, toothpicks, shoes, or counters.

Select all of the examples of nonstandard units of measurement.

• meter stick

• paperclips

• popcorn

• unifix cubes

Which nonstandard tool would be BEST for measuring the volume of a cone?

• yardstick

• ruler

• Skittles

• scale

___________ would be the BEST nonstandard tool for measuring the height of a rectangular prism?

About how many paper clips are needed to measure the length of the pencil?

• 1 paper clip

• 2 paper clips

• 3 paper clips

• 7 paperclips

• 4 paper clips

• 5 paper clips

• 3 paper clips

Estimate how many cubes tall the flower is?

• 3 cubes high

• 15 cubes high

• 10 cubes high

• 5 cubes high

The pencil is about --------------------- clips long.

The bar is about ----------------- handspans long .

• 7

• 5

• 10

• 6

How many paper clips does this pencil measure?

• 4 paper clips

• 5 paper clips

• 3 paper clips

• 6 paper clips