Converting Measurements

Convert 7 ½ ft. to inches (There are 12 inches in 1 foot.)

• 7 ½ ft. = 27 inches

• 7 ½ ft. = 90 inches

• 7 ½ ft. = 4 1/3 inches

Ms. Zambito wants to place pavers around her garden to create a border. She needs 528 inches of pavers, but she has to order them in feet. How many feet is 528 inches? (There are 12 inches in 1 foot)

• 528 in. = 44 ft

• 528 in. = 6336 ft

• 528 in. = 176 ft

Ms. Zambito is cooking a soup to use up her veggies before they go bad. She needs 5 quarts of chicken stock, but only has a 1 cup measuring cup. How many cups does it take to make 5 quarts? (There are 4 cups in 1 quart.)

• 5 quarts = 20 cups

• 5 quarts = 10 cups

• 5 quarts = 5 cups

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There were several rocks being weighed by a trucking company to make sure they didn’t carry too much weight at one time. They wanted their measurements in pounds, but their scale only weighed in ounces. If the rocks weigh a total of 424 ounces, how many pounds would they weigh? (There are 16 ounces in every pound.)

• 424 oz. = 6, 784 lbs

• 424 oz. = 35 1/3 oz.

• 424 oz = 26 1/2 lbs.

Why is converting metric measurements easier that customary?

• It just is.

• Customary units use the base ten system so you can just move the decimal to convert them.

• Metric units use the base ten system so you can just move the decimal to convert them.

1234 centimeters = ____meters. (There are 100 cm in 1 meter)

• 123400 m

• 12.34 m

• 1.234 m

4363 m = ________cm (There are 100 cm in 1 meter.)

• 436300 cm

• 43.63 cm

• 4.363 cm

2.39 km = ________decameters (A decameter = 10 meters.)

• 2390 decameters

• 0.239 decameters

• 239 decameters

490 millimeters = ________ centimeters. (There are 10 mm in every centimeter.)

• 4.90 cm

• 49.0 cm

• 4900 cm

A toy train kit comes with a track that is 384 cm long. Which expression(s) would you use to determine how many METERS of track would there be in 10 kits?

• (384 x 10) ÷ 100

• (384 x 10) x 100

• (384 ÷ 10) ÷ 100