Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

Mile

Compare. Write,,
, or..

Yo u may make a table or compute.

7. 6 yd 9 ft 8. 8 ft 84 in. 9. 36 in. 3 ft


8. 7 ft? 108 in. 11. 20 yd? 45 ft 12. 8 yd? 18 ft

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Miles are used to measure

long lengths called distances.

5280 feet (ft)
1 mile (mi)

1760 yards (yd)
1 mile (mi)

It takes about 25 minutes

to walk 1 mile.

Compare. Write ,, 
, or ..

13. 2 mi 3520 yd 14. 5280 yd 3 mi 15. 3 mi 21,120 ft


14. 10,560 ft? 2 mi 17. 6 mi? 42,240 ft 18. 7040 yd? 4 mi

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19. The width of the teachers’ 20. The Public Library is 1810 yd
    parking lot at Harlington from Luz’s house and 5045 ft
    Elementary School is 34 yd. from Tanya’s house. Whose
    How many feet wide is it? house is closer to the library?


20. Which is the most reasonable distance
    a person can walk in two hours, 4 miles,
    4 yards, 4 inches, or 4 feet?

The mile (mi) is a customary

unit of length.

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