Estimating and Measuring Customary Units

Which of the following is the best estimate for the amount of water in a large bottle of soda?

• 1 cup

• 2 quarts

• 1 pint

• 1 gallon

What is the most appropriate unit to measure the length of a pencil?

• Inches

• Feet

• Yards

• Miles

How many cups are in a quart?

• 2

• 4

• 8

• 16

How many pints are in a gallon?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

If you have 3 cups of juice, how many fluid ounces do you have? (1 cup = 8 fluid ounces)

• 16 fluid ounces

• 24 fluid ounces

• 32 fluid ounces

• 48 fluid ounces

Which unit would you use to measure the distance from your house to your school?

• Inches

• Feet

• Yards

• Miles

Patrick uses 42 pints of water to water 6 tomato plants in his garden. He uses the same amount of water for each plant. How many pints of water will each tomato plant get?

• 7 Tomato Plants

• 7 pints of water

• 48 pints of water

• 36 pints of water

A fisherman in the New England Colonies caught a group of fish with a net. Each fish weighed around 4 ounces, and there were 7 fish in the net. What is the weight of all of the fish in the net?

• 11 ounces

• 28 ounces

• 3 ounces

• 28 fish