LESSON 1 Measuring Stacks

Show or tell how to solve each problem. Include units. You may use a calculator.

1. Jerome built a stack with identical blocks. There are 10 blocks in the stack and the stack of blocks is 30 cm. How thick is each block?
2. The Willis Tower in Chicago is about 440 meters tall and has 110 stories. How thick is each story of the building?
3. Mrs. Green was stacking pots. Each pot is 4.5 inches tall. How tall is a stack of 5 pots?
4. Emily stacked 6 sandwich cookies. If the stack is 7 cm tall, how thick is each cookie?
5. Build a stack of nickels. Measure the stack in millimeters.
1. How many nickels are in your stack?
2. How tall is your stack in millimeters?
3. How thick is one nickel in millimeters?
4. List your calculator keystrokes for Question 5C.
6. The students in Mr. Moreno's class each used a different number of nickels. Use the information in each picture to complete the related sentences.
1. The height of five nickels is one centimeter. So one nickel is mm thick.
2. It takes nickels to measure cm or mm. So one nickel is mm.