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Which ruler has a red circle around the half-inch line between 1 and 2?

  1. The half inch mark between the 1 and 2 inch mark
  2. This ruler shows the 1-inch mark
  3. This ruler shows the 2-inch mark

Which ruler has a red circle around the half-inch line between 10 and 11??

  1. The half inch mark between the 9 and 10 inch mark is cirlced.
  2. The half inch mark between the 10 and 11 inch mark is cirlced.
  3. This ruler shows the 11-inch mark is circled

Use the ruler to measure the length of the line to the nearest half inch.

The end of the line is close to the half-inch mark between 4 and 5 on the ruler. 

  1. about 3 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inch
  2. about 3 inches
  3. about 4 inches
  4. about 4 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches

Use the ruler to measure the length of the line to the nearest half inch.

The end of the line is close to the 7 on the ruler

  1. about 7 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches
  2. about 6 inches
  3. about 7 inches
  4. about 6 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches

Use the ruler to measure the length of the poster to the nearest half inch. 

The end of a poster is slightly longer than 9 \(\frac{1}{2}\)

  1. about 8 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches
  2. about 9 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches
  3. about 9 inches
  4. about 10 inches

Measure the length of each line below to the nearest half inch. What is the length of the line with the greater length?

Two rulers. The first ruler is measuring a line that is slightly longer than 7 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches. The second ruler is measuring a line slightly shorter than 6 inches.

  1. about 8 inches
  2. about 7 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches
  3. about 6 inches
  4. about 7 inches

Measure the length of each poster below to the nearest half inch. What is the length of the poster with the greater length?

Two postered being measured. The first poster measures almost 5 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches. The second poster measures slightly past 6 \(\frac{1}{2}\).

  1. about 5 inches
  2. about 6 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches
  3. about 5 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches
  4. about 7 inches

Measure the length of each sneaker below to the nearest inch. What is the length of the sneaker with the greater length?

Two shoe being measured. The first shoe measures slightly longer than 9 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches. The second shoe measures slightly shorter than 9 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches.

  1. about 8 inches
  2. about 9 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches
  3. about 9 inches
  4. about 10 inches

Read the word problem below. Measure the line, and then choose the correct answer. 

Logan’s racket needs a new string. The string needs to be about 12 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches long. This line below shows a piece of string that was cut for Logan’s racket. Is the piece of string long enough to fix Logan’s racket?

A line being measured. The line measures slightly longer than 12 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches

  1. Yes
  2. No

Read the word problem below. Measure the line, and then choose the correct answer. 

Logan needs to fix the grip of his racket with grip tape. The piece of tape needs to be 15 inches long. This line below shows the length of a piece of grip tape Logan wants to use. Is this piece of tape long enough to fix Logan’s racket?

A line being measured. The line measures slightly short of 14 \(\frac{1}{2}\) inches

  1. Yes
  2. No

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