13.7 Problem Solving • Customary and Metric Conversions

Representations

Three lizards ran across a patch of grass. Larry ran 3.6 meters, Lou ran 2,600 millimeters, and Lola ran 310 centimeters. Which statement correctly compares the distances the lizards ran?

• Larry ran the farthest.

• Lou ran farther than Lola.

• Lola ran farther than Larry.

• Lola ran the shortest distance.

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

CCSS.5.NBT.A.3

Miranda is making lemonade from a powdered mix. She needs to add 3 cups of powdered mix to a large pitcher of water, but she only has a scoop that holds 2 ounces. How many 2-ounce scoops will she use?

• 4 scoops

• 8 scoops

• 10 scoops

• 12 scoops

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

CCSS.5.MD.C.5

Multi-Step

Mrs. Gonzalez is adding a border to her bulletin board. She has a strip of green border that is 8 feet long. How many 16-inch pieces can she cut from the strip?

• 4 pieces

• 6 pieces

• 8 pieces

• 12 pieces

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Tony needs 16-inch-long pieces of gold chain to make each of 3 necklaces. He has a piece of chain that is 4 feet 6 inches long. How much chain will he have left after making the necklaces?

• 6 inches

• 12 inches

• 18 inches

• 24 inches

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Jeremy walks through a maze. He begins by walking 25 feet, turning right, and walking 6 yards. Then he walks 32 more feet. He has 13 more yards to walk to complete the maze. What is the length of the maze? Write your answer in yards

• 18 yards

• 32 yards

• 38 yards

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Randy uses a pedometer to keep track of the distances he walks each day. He discovers that the trip to his mailbox and back is 300 meters. How many kilometers does Randy walk to his mailbox and back if he collects his mail 6 days a week for 4 weeks?

• 7.2 km

• 18 km

• 3 km

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

The lengths of three snakes exhibited in the zoo’s reptile house are labeled. The king snake is 65 inches. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is 2 yards. The ridge-nosed rattlesnake is 4 feet. Which statement correctly compares the lengths of the snakes?

• The king snake is the longest snake.

• The ridge-nosed rattlesnake is longer than the eastern diamondback rattlesnake.

• The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the longest snake.

• The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is shorter than the king snake.

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Mr. Martinez has 2.5 kilograms of colored sand for his art students to use on their sand art project. He packages the sand into individual bags with 125 grams in each bag. How many bags of sand can Mr. Martinez make?

• 2.5

• 16

• 20

• 200

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

A baker needs 6 quarts of milk for a cupcake frosting recipe. He only has an 8-ounce measuring cup to measure the milk into the bowl. How many cups of milk will he use?

• 16 cups

• 24 cups

• 20 cups

• 32 cups

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

CCSS.5.MD.C.5

When Rosa makes lemonade, she uses 500 milliliters of lemon juice for every liter of water. If she made 12 liters of lemonade, how much lemon juice did she use?

• 4,000 milliliters

• 6,000 milliliters

• 8,000 milliliters

• 2,000 milliliters

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

CCSS.5.MD.C.5