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Try It Out -- Chapter 5, Lesson 1



Matching
 
 

Estimate if the following objects are shorter or longer than a decimetre.
a.
shorter
b.
longer
 

 1. 

a corn niblet
 

 2. 

a baseball bat
 

 3. 

a boat
 

 4. 

a penny
 

 5. 

your toe
 


Numeric Response
 

 6. 

Corn grows about 5 centimetres a week. How many centimetres would it grow in 4 weeks?

 

 7. 

How many decimetres would it grow in 4 weeks?

 

 8. 

How many decimetres would it grow in 10 weeks?

 

 9. 

The corn is harvested at 2 metres. How many decimetres will the corn have grown by the harvest?

 

 10. 

A corncob is 3 decimetres.  How many centimetres is the corncob?

 

 11. 

Human hair grows about 10 centimetres, or 1 decimetre each year. How many decimetres will it grow in 3 years?

 



 
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