Lesson Check (MA.5.G.5.3)

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Name
Estimate or Actual Measurement
Tell whether you need an estimate or an actual measurement.
1. Tyrone has 48 ounces of blueberries. He
needs about 28 ounces for muffins and about
16 ounces for cereal.
estimate
_______
3. Lu Chu is making pancakes and has
150 ounces of pancake mix. She wants to
make 600 pancakes.
_______
5. Yvette is judging a long jump competition. She
has to use a tape measure.
_______
7. The weight of a grown elephant to calculate
food amounts.
_______
9. The weight of a pumpkin to calculate cost.
_______
11. Katar is making curtains for her bedroom. She
needs four lengths of 98 inches for each panel
and 2 lengths of 16 inches for a valence.
Lesson 6
MA.5.G.5.3 Solve problems requiring
attention to approximation, selection of
appropriate measuring tools, and precision
of measurement.
2. Lorik is weighing in for a kickboxing
competition. He is a competing as a
welterweight, between 140 and 147 pounds.
_______
4. Allan is making bows for gift baskets. The
design for a bow uses 128 inches. He has
1,000 inches of ribbon on a spool.
_______
6. Charu is filling his gas tank and needs to
calculate the total cost of gas.
_______
8. The amount of medicine to administer to a
patient.
_______
10. Dirk is building a flower bed. He needs to
know its capacity to buy bags of garden soil.
_______
12. Ada is making citrus punch and lemonade.
She needs 145 mL of lemon juice for the
punch and 280 mL of lemon juice for the
lemonade.
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