Units of Measurement (Conversion Word Problems)

A bead shop sells their tiniest beads by the pound. A new shipment of beads weighing 2 pounds is divided into 8 equal sized bags. How many ounces of beads are in each bag?

• 12 ounces

• 4 ounces

• 32 ounces

• 2 ounces

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Jewel buys 3 yards of fabric to make a cat bed. She starts the project by cutting 4 feet of fabric off the end. How many feet long is the remaining piece of fabric?

• 5 feet
• 12 feet
• 9 feet
• 17 feet

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Jason ran 325 meters farther than Kim ran. Kim ran 4.2 kilometers. How many meters did Jason run?

• 4,200 m

• 4,525 m

• 3,875 m

• 3,250 m

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CCSS.4.OA.A.3

Parents are making 2 batches of punch for the school's Spring Fair. The recipe for one batch of punch calls for 1 liter of orange juice, 550 milliliters of lemon juice, 2.6 liters of soda water, and two 750 milliliters bottles of apple cider. How many LITERS of punch will she make?

• 11.3 L

• 5.65 L

• 4.9 L

• 9.8 L

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Melanie and Brad each drink 10 cups of water every day. Lara drinks 3 quarts of water every day. How many gallons of water do all three of them drink altogether in 7 days?

• 32 gal

• 161 gal

• 23 gal

• 14 gal

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3D

A casserole recipes calls for 4 ounces of cheese. Adrian wants to use 1/2 of the amount of cheese in his casseroles. How many pounds of cheese will he need to make 28 casseroles with his revised recipe?

• 1.4 lbs

• 0.875 lbs

• 3.5 lbs

• 14 lbs

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Your family wants to frame your drawing from the art show. The rectangular drawing has a length of 43.5 centimeters and a width of 934 millimeters. How many centimeters of wood is needed for the frame?

• 488.75 cm

• 105.68 cm

• 977.5 cm

• 273.8 cm

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

During a science unit on weather,  the students were comparing the average annual rainfalls. The average in Charlotte is 2 1/3 feet. The average in New York is 45 inches. Which city has the greatest annual rainfall, and by how much? 

• Charlotte, by 17 inches
• New York, by 21 inches
• Charlotte, by 21 inches
• New  York, by 17 inches 

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Casey has 2 yards of red ribbon. She needs to cut pieces that are 4 inches long. How many pieces of ribbon will she she get?

• 72 inches

• 72 pieces

• 18 inches

• 18 pieces

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Andrew and Sarah are having a lemonade stand. They have made 3 quarts of lemonade. The paper cups they have each hold 1 cup. How many paper cups of lemonade will they be able to fill?

• 10 paper cups

• 6 paper cups

• 12 paper cups

• 16 paper cups

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2