Choosing a Customary Unit - Answer Key - Measuring Length, Weight, and Liquid

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Worksheet answer key for identifying appropriate customary units to measure everyday items. Questions ask students to choose best units for length (drinking straw, car, river, grain of rice), weight (AA battery, refrigerator, elephant, bicycle), and volume of liquid (mug of hot chocolate, baby bottle, washing machine, bowl of soup). Multiple-choice options use common U.S. customary measures such as inches, feet, miles, pounds, ounces, quarts, gallons, pints, and fluid ounces, with provided correct selections for each item.

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Reading Time8 min

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Determine the Best Customary Unit

Length

Weight

Liquid Volume

Choosing a Customary Unit Name: | Determine which customary unit would be best for measuring each. | | | | | | | | | | | Answers | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1) The length of a drinking straw 2) The amount of liquid in a mug of hot chocolate
A. pounds B. yards A. ounces B. gallons
C. inches D. quarts C. pounds D. fluid ounces
3) The weight of a AA battery 4) The amount of liquid in a baby bottle
A. ounces B. quarts A. feet B. tons
C. pounds D. pints C. gallons D. fluid ounces
5) The length of a car 6) The length of a river
A. miles B. fluid ounces A. yards B. cups
C. feet D. quarts C. pints D. miles
7) The weight of a refrigerator 8) The amount of liquid in a bowl of soup
A. pounds B. fluid ounces A. pounds B. inches
C. inches D. tons C. gallons D. fluid ounces | | | | | | | | | | | 1.
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12. | | | | | 9) The length of a grain of rice
A. quarts B. gallons
C. yards D. inches | | 10) The amount of liquid in a washing machine
A. pounds B. ounces
C. gallons D. fluid ounces | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11) The weight of an elephant 12) The weight | | | of a bicycle | | | | | | | | | | | | | A. tons
C. miles | B. cups
D. ounces | A. quarts
C. ounces | | B. pints
D. pounds | | | | | | | | | | | | Math | [www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com) | | 5 | 1-10
11-12 | 92 | 83 | 75 | 67 | 58 | 50 | 42 | 33 | 25 | 17 | | | | | | | 8 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Choosing a Customary Unit Name: Answer Key | Determine which customary unit would be best for measuring each. | | | | | | | | | | | Answers | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1) The length of a drinking straw 2) The amount of liquid in a mug of hot chocolate
A. pounds B. yards A. ounces B. gallons
C. inches D. quarts C. pounds D. fluid ounces
3) The weight of a AA battery 4) The amount of liquid in a baby bottle
A. ounces B. quarts A. feet B. tons
C. pounds D. pints C. gallons D. fluid ounces
5) The length of a car 6) The length of a river
A. miles B. fluid ounces A. yards B. cups
C. feet D. quarts C. pints D. miles
7) The weight of a refrigerator 8) The amount of liquid in a bowl of soup
A. pounds B. fluid ounces A. pounds B. inches
C. inches D. tons C. gallons D. fluid ounces | | | | | | | | | | | 1. C
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. D
9. D
10. C
11. A
12. D | | | | | 9) The length of a grain of rice
A. quarts B. gallons
C. yards D. inches | | 10) The amount of liquid in a washing machine
A. pounds B. ounces
C. gallons D. fluid ounces | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11) The weight of an elephant 12) The weight | | | of a bicycle | | | | | | | | | | | | | A. tons
C. miles | B. cups
D. ounces | A. quarts
C. ounces | | B. pints
D. pounds | | | | | | | | | | | | Math | [www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com) | | 5 | 1-10
11-12 | 92 | 83 | 75 | 67 | 58 | 50 | 42 | 33 | 25 | 17 | | | | | | | 8 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Choosing a Customary Unit Name: | Determine which customary unit would be best for measuring each.
1) The length of a drinking straw 2) The amount of liquid in a mug of hot chocolate
A. pounds B. yards A. ounces B. gallons
C. inches D. quarts C. pounds D. fluid ounces
3) The weight of a AA battery 4) The amount of liquid in a baby bottle
A. ounces B. quarts A. feet B. tons
C. pounds D. pints C. gallons D. fluid ounces
5) The length of a car 6) The length of a river
A. miles B. fluid ounces A. yards B. cups
C. feet D. quarts C. pints D. miles
7) The weight of a refrigera

FAQs

What types of measurements are covered in this unit-choice worksheet?

It covers length, weight, and the amount of liquid (volume) for everyday objects.

How are the answers presented?

Each item provides multiple-choice options and the answer key lists the correct letter/selection for questions 1–12.

Which customary units are commonly used in the choices?

Choices include inches, feet, yards, miles, pounds, ounces, tons, quarts, gallons, pints, and fluid ounces.

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