This 4th grade measurement unit includes EVERYTHING you need to teach your class about measurement word problems! This is the perfect supplement for any 4th grade math classroom and has tons of word problem practice provided for you.
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Bring measurement to life with this measurement word problems worksheets unit! This 4th grade resource includes everything you need to teach students how to solve real-world measurement problems using all four operations. With over 150 pages of printable worksheets, mini-lessons, and games, this unit gives your students the perfect mix of rigor, relevance, and fun practice.
Students will solve problems involving length, time, weight, volume, and money — all while applying their understanding of conversions between units. The activities are hands-on, engaging, and easy to implement whether you’re teaching whole group, small group, or centers.
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This comprehensive unit combines visual instruction, interactive lessons, and real-world application to help students make sense of measurement word problems.
Mini-Lessons (2 total):
Students glue the reference pages into their math notebooks to use all year long.
Mini-Lesson #1: Walks through how to solve measurement word problems step-by-step, including when and how to convert between units.
Mini-Lesson #2: Provides a conversion table for students to reference quickly during assignments and games.
Worksheets (10 total):
Students practice solving real-world word problems that include:
Converting between inches, feet, and yards
Changing between ounces and pounds
Converting minutes to seconds and hours to minutes
Solving problems with liters, milliliters, grams, and kilograms
Working with gallons, quarts, pints, and cups
Multi-step problems involving time, distance, and money
Cut-and-Paste Activity #1 – Ounces and Pounds:
Students solve each word problem and match it to the correct apple in an apple orchard scene. When all answers are in the right places, their orchard is complete!
Cut-and-Paste Activity #2 – Money:
Students solve money word problems and match each answer to the correct coin on a piggy bank page. Each correct placement reveals a finished design.
Students solve word problems to help build an amusement park. For every correct answer, they find and match the correct sign to the ride. This game is one of the most popular activities of the year and works great for partners or small groups.
Players earn pieces to build their own baseball field each time they solve a measurement word problem correctly. Chance cards keep gameplay exciting, and the first player to complete their field wins!
Students travel around the room solving measurement word problems. Each correct answer earns a drop in the class “bucket,” and random winners are drawn at the end of gameplay for prizes.
Players compete to build the perfect s’more by earning pieces for each correct answer. The first to assemble all 10 items wins! All task cards focus on solving and interpreting measurement word problems.
All games come in color and black-and-white versions for easy prep and reuse year after year.
This 4th grade measurement word problems unit can be used for:
Whole-group instruction and modeling
Math centers and small-group review
Partner or cooperative learning activities
Independent practice or test prep
Sub plans and spiral review days
Students will love the variety of activities, and teachers will appreciate the ready-to-print pages, clear structure, and multiple difficulty levels that make differentiation simple.
Common Core:
4.MD.2 – Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, time, volume, mass, and money, including problems requiring conversions between larger and smaller units. Represent quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams.
Texas TEKS:
4.8C – Solve problems that involve measurements of length, intervals of time, volume, mass, and money using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.
Florida B.E.S.T.:
MA.4.M.1.1 – Select and use appropriate tools to measure attributes of objects.
MA.4.M.1.2 – Convert within a single system of measurement using customary and metric units.
MA.4.M.2.1 – Solve two-step problems involving distances and intervals of time.
MA.4.M.2.2 – Solve one- and two-step money problems using decimals.
Teachers love how this unit simplifies teaching complex measurement problems while keeping students engaged. The real-world word problems make math meaningful, while the themed games like Build a Baseball Field and Build a S’more bring excitement and collaboration to review days.
Everything is organized, ready to print, and easy to differentiate — making it a time-saving essential for any 4th grade math teacher.
This 4th Grade Math Unit is part of a full-year series designed to make math lessons organized, effective, and engaging. Each unit includes mini-lessons, printable games, and differentiated practice activities that make learning math concepts exciting and easy to teach.
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