Converting Mass and Weight

Converting Measurements

Review

Customary Measurements

• Length

• Capacity

• Mass/Weight

Length

• 1 mile = 5,280 feet

• 1 mile = 1,760 yard

• 1 yard = 3 feet

• 1 foot = 12 inches

Multiple Choice

____________ feet are in 7 miles

• 12,320 feet

• 36,960 feet

• 1,000 feet

• 20,000 feet

Fill in the Blank

18 feet are in __________ yards

Multiple Choice

Jason has a piece of rope that is 2 feet long and Jeff has a piece of rope that is 3 yards long. Who has the longer piece of rope?

• Jason

• Jeff

Fill in the Blank

One inch is equivalent to how many feet?

Capacity

• 1 gallon = 4 quarts

• 1 quart = 2 pints

• 1 pint = 2 quarts

• 1 cup = 8 fluid ounces

Multiple Choice

____________ cups are in 32 fluid ounces

• 256

• 2

• 4

• 8

Fill in the Blank

_____________ quarts in 20 gallons

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Smith bought 4 quarts of milk for her family. How many pints of milk did she buy for her family?

• 4

• 8

• 16

• 20

Multiple Select

_____________ pints in 10 quarts

• 5

• 20

• 10

• 8

Weight

• 1 ton = 2,000 pounds

• 1 pound = 16 ounces

Multiple Choice

_____________ tons in 8,000 pounds

• 1,000

• 6

• 2,000

• 4

Multiple Choice

_____________ ounces in 5 pounds

• 16

• 3

• 80

• 100

Fill in the Blank

An elevator has maximum weight limit of 1.5 tons. How many pounds can the elevator hold?

Multiple Choice

One ounce is equivalent to how many pounds?

• 1/16

• 16

• 1/2,000

• 2,000

The Metric System

Meters, Liters, Grams

The Metric System

• King Henry died by drinking chocolate milk.

• Kilo-, Hecta-, Deca-, Base Unit, Deci-, Centi-, Milli-

Multiple Choice

_____________ meters (m) in 4 kilometers (km)

• 4

• 400

• 4,000

• 40

Multiple Select

Which of the following units of measurements are used in the METRIC system?

• Liters

• Inches

• Milligrams

• Cups

Fill in the Blank

How many kilograms are in 98.1 grams?

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Jones purchased two 2 liter diet coke at the grocery store. How many milliliters of diet coke did Mrs. Jones purchase?

• 4

• 40

• 400

• 4,000

Multiple Choice

Mr. Smith has a box that weighs 2 kilograms. What is the total weight of the boxes in grams?

• 200

• 2,000

• 0.002

• 0.2

Fill in the Blank

How many meters are in 67.4 centimeters?