Quiz about Measurement and Conversions

Question 1

John rode 2 kilometers on his bike. His sister Sally rode 3000 meters on her bike. Who rode the farthest and how much farther did they ride (answer in km)?

Accepted Answer

Sally rode 1km further.

Answer

John rode 1km further.

Answer

Sally rode 100km further.

Answer

John rode 10km further.

Question 2

Jessica is measuring two line segments. The first line segment is 30 cm long. The second line segment is 500 mm long. How long are the two line segments together? (answer in cm)

Accepted Answer

80cm

Answer

8m

Answer

800cm

Answer

80m

Question 3

Lois wants to send a box of oranges to a friend by mail. The box of oranges cannot exceed a mass of 10 kg. If each orange has a mass of 200g, what is the maximum number she can send?

Accepted Answer

50 oranges

Answer

5 oranges

Answer

500 oranges

Answer

5,000 oranges

Question 4

Mary buys a reel of thread for sewing. There are 10 m of thread on the real. She uses 210 cm. How much is left on the reel in centimeters?

Accepted Answer

790cm

Answer

79cm

Answer

79m

Answer

790m

Question 5

A 30 g serving of a certain breakfast cereal has 0.5 g of salt. How much salt would that be in milligrams?

Accepted Answer

500mg

Answer

0.5mg

Answer

5mg

Answer

50mg

Question 6

Chase measured a line for his art project. It is 200 millimeters long. How many centimeters is the line?

Accepted Answer

20cm

Answer

200cm

Answer

2cm

Answer

0.2cm

Question 7

Steven goes to the grocery store and is looking at a winter squash. It has a mass of 1.8 kilograms. How many grams is the winter squash?

Accepted Answer

1,800g

Answer

18g

Answer

180g

Answer

18,000g

Question 8

The height of a stop sign is 2 meters and 10 centimeters. What is the height of the stop sign in centimeters?

Accepted Answer

210 centimeters

Answer

2,010 centimeters

Answer

300 centimeters

Answer

Not here

Question 9

Kyle measured the length of his truck and it was 534 centimeters long. How many meters long is his truck? (1 meter = 100 centimeters)

Accepted Answer

5.34 meters

Answer

53.4 meters

Answer

5,340 meters

Answer

0.0534 meters

Question 10

How many milliliters are in 13 liters? (1 liter = 1,000 milliliters)

Accepted Answer

13,000 mL

Answer

0.013 mL

Answer

130 mL

Answer

1,300 mL

Question 11

Jill's binder weighs 672 grams. How many kilograms is Jill's binder? (1 kilogram = 1,000 grams)

Accepted Answer

0.672 kg

Answer

67.2 kg

Answer

6,720 kg

Answer

0.0672 kg

Question 12

The base unit of metric length.

Accepted Answer

Meter

Answer

Liter

Answer

Kilogram

Answer

milligram

Question 13

The basic unit of metric volume is called a_____.

Accepted Answer

Liter

Answer

Kilogram

Answer

milligram

Answer

milliliter

Question 14

The base for mass is the.. (This is different than the SI unit)

Accepted Answer

gram

Answer

meter

Answer

kilogram

Answer

liter

Question 15

The appropriate abbreviation of decimeter is..

Accepted Answer

dm

Answer

dam

Answer

dM

Answer

daM

Question 16

The abbreviation for gram is...

Accepted Answer

g

Answer

G

Answer

gg

Answer

gr

Question 17

What is the correct volume of the blue liquid?

Accepted Answer

15 ml

Answer

5 ml

Answer

20 ml

Answer

25 ml

Question 18

What is the volume of the water in this graduated cylinder?

Accepted Answer

17 mL

Answer

18 mL

Answer

20.3 mL

Answer

10.7 mL

Question 19

What is the volume of the water in this graduated cylinder?

Accepted Answer

11.5 mL

Answer

13 mL

Answer

10.3 mL

Answer

11 mL

Question 20

A meter is bigger than a kilometer.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 21

A millimeter is smaller than a centimeter.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 22

What 2 units can be used when measuring volume?

Accepted Answer

cubic meters and liters

Answer

grams and seconds

Answer

milliliters and centimeters

Answer

cubic centimeters and kelvin

Question 23

How do you calculate density?

Accepted Answer

mass divided by volume

Answer

volume divided by mass

Answer

mass times volume

Answer

very carefully

Question 24

How do you calculate the volume of a rectangular solid?

Accepted Answer

length x width x height

Answer

mass divided by volume

Answer

with a triple beam balance

Answer

it's impossible

Question 25

What is mass?

Accepted Answer

a measure of the amount of matter an object contains

Answer

a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object

Answer

the amount of space an object takes up

Answer

a temperature scale

Question 26

How do you measure the volume of an irregular solid?

Accepted Answer

displacement method

Answer

length x width x height

Answer

mass divided by volume

Answer

kick it

Question 27

What is the mass?

Accepted Answer

105.6g

Answer

155g

Answer

105g

Answer

105.2g

Question 28

Which box has a higher density?

Accepted Answer

Box A

Answer

Box B

Answer

cannot be determined

Answer

they are the same

Question 29

What tool do scientists use to measure volume of a liquid?

Accepted Answer

graduated cylinder

Answer

meter stick

Answer

spring scale

Answer

triple-beam balance

Question 30

What do we use a meter stick to measure?

Accepted Answer

distance/length

Answer

volume

Answer

mass

Answer

weight

Question 31

Tom put water in a graduated cylinder and looked at the lowest point of the meniscus.  What unit should he use?

Accepted Answer

milliliter

Answer

meter

Answer

kilometer

Answer

liter

Question 32

Jamal put a block of wood on a triple-beam balance and read the amount in grams.  What was he measuring?

Accepted Answer

mass

Answer

temperature

Answer

weight

Answer

volume

Question 33

Samantha got the volume of a block of wood.  Each side was 5 ___.  The volume was 125 ______.  What units did she use?

Accepted Answer

cm, cm3

Answer

meter, cm³

Answer

gram, cg3

Answer

mL, mL3

Question 34

If you have a rectangular object with a length of 5 cm, a width of 7 cm, a height of 9 cm.  What is the volume?

Accepted Answer

315 cm3

Answer

312 cm3

Answer

319 cm3

Question 35

What measurement label do we use when we measure the volume of a rectangular shaped object?

Accepted Answer

cubic centimeters = cm3

Answer

centimeters = cm

Answer

cubic meters = m3

Question 36

Question 36.

Accepted Answer

80 in3

Answer

24 in3

Answer

21 in3

Answer

13 in3

Question 37

Where should you read the level of water on the graduated cylinder?

Accepted Answer

Level "A"

Answer

Level "B"

Answer

Level "C"

Answer

None of these

Question 38

Choose the volume formula for a regular solid object

Accepted Answer

length x width x height

Answer

length x width

Answer

area + perimeter

Answer

length + width + height

Question 39

Frank has an eraser. It has a mass of 4g, and a volume of 2cm³. What is its density?

Accepted Answer

2 g/cm3

Answer

8 g/cm3

Answer

1/2 g/cm3

Answer

24 g/cm3

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