Mastering Customary System Conversions

Imam Ahmed is helping his students, Yusuf and Bilal, build a model of a mosque for their Islamic studies project. They have a minaret that is 48 inches tall. If they want to express this height in feet, the minaret is (a)   tall.

• 3 feet

• 4 feet

• 5 feet

• 6 feet

Ahmed is making a life-size cardboard cutout of his favorite Islamic scholar, Ibn Taymiyyah, who is 5 feet tall. If Hanan wants to know the height of the cutout in yards, how many yards tall is the cutout?

• 1 yard

• 1.5 yards

• 1.66 yards

• 2 yards

Zainab and Abdullah are planning to build a small fence around their date palm garden. If they have 3 yards of fencing material, how many feet of fencing do they have?

• 9 feet

• 10 feet

• 11 feet

• 12 feet

Abdullah, Fatima, and Ahmed are preparing for Hajj. If each of them walks 5280 yards during their preparation, how many miles would each of them have walked?

• 2 miles

• 3 miles

• 1 mile

• 4 miles

Imran and Fatima are preparing a meal for their Iftar during Ramadan. They need to measure 16 ounces of dates for the recipe. If they want to convert this measurement to pounds, how many pounds of dates do they need to measure?

• 1 pound

• 1.5 pounds

• 2 pounds

• 0.5 pounds

Mohammed and Fatima are helping their father in the mosque. They found a large stone that they want to move, but it's too heavy. If the stone weighs 4000 pounds, it is (a)   tons.

• 1 ton

• 1.5 tons

• 2 tons

• 2.5 tons

Abdullah has a wudu tank filled with 5 gallons of water for his daily prayers. Fatima has a smaller bowl with 3 quarts of water for her ablution. If they combine their water, how many quarts will they have in total?

• 23 quarts

• 20 quarts

• 25 quarts

• 22 quarts

Ismail had an Iftar gathering at his house during Ramadan and he bought 1 gallon of Zamzam water for the gathering. He gave 2 pints of Zamzam water to his friend Daniyal for his family. How many cups of Zamzam water does Ismail have left for the Iftar gathering?

• 14 cups

• 12 cups

• 16 cups

• 10 cups

Zaid is preparing a flatbread for Iftar and he has a 2-pound bag of flour. If he uses 10 ounces for the flatbread dough, how many ounces of flour does he have left for Fatima and Aisha to use for their cookies?

• 22 ounces

• 26 ounces

• 32 ounces

• 18 ounces

Abdullah, Fatima, and Ahmed are planning a community Iftar. Abdullah brings a cooler with 2 gallons of lemonade, Fatima brings a cooler with 3 quarts of Zamzam water, and Ahmed brings a cooler with 4 pints of date juice. They have (a)   quarts of drinks in total for the Iftar.

• 14 quarts

• 16 quarts

• 18 quarts

• 12 quarts