Question

Match each metric unit with the best estimate of its length or distance

1. Height of a stove
2. Thickness of about 10 sheets of paper
3. Distance along a road spanning about 10 telephone☎ poles
4. Width of a key on computer keyboard


a. 1 Km
b. 1m
c. 1 cm
d. 1 mm

Answer 1

1. Match the unit of measure in to given situation:
=> For the height of stove, use meter to measure it
=> To measure the thickness of about 10 sheets of a paper – use mm or millimeter
=> TO measure the distance along a road spanning about 10 telephone poles, use kilometers
=> And to measure the width of a key on a computer – use centimeter
Thus the answer for number 1 is B, for number 2 is d, for number 3 is A and for number 4 is c.