Convert Units

Convert Units

By the end of this lesson you should be able to:

• Convert measures within the English system.

• Convert measures within the metric system.

• Convert measures between the English and the metric system.

Standards

• 6.GM.1 Convert between measurement systems (English to metric and metric to English) given conversion factors, and use these conversions in solving real-world problems.

• 6.NS.8 Interpret, model, and use ratios to show the relative sizes of two quantities. Describe how a ratio shows the relationship between two quantities. Use the following notations: a/b, a to b, a:b.

• 6.NS.9 Understand the concept of a unit rate and use terms related to rate in the context of a ratio relationship.