Converting Between Customary and Metric Units

This video tutorial covers the conversion of customary and metric units of measurement. It explains how to use conversion charts, particularly for the STAR test, and demonstrates conversions between various units such as feet, inches, yards, tons, pounds, cups, pints, quarts, centimeters, and meters. The tutorial emphasizes using fractions to simplify the conversion process and provides practice problems for students to solve.

What is the equivalent of 5 feet in inches?

• 60 inches

• 100 inches

• 72 inches

• 50 inches

How many pounds are in 4 tons?

• 2000 pounds

• 8000 pounds

• 4000 pounds

• 16000 pounds

If you have 4 cups, how many pints do you have?

• 8 pints

• 4 pints

• 2 pints

• 1 pint

Converting 4000 pounds to tons results in:

• 4 tons

• 1 ton

• 8 tons

• 2 tons

How many cups are in two quarts?

• 4 cups

• 8 cups

• 16 cups

• 2 cups

36 inches is equivalent to how many feet?

• 12 feet

• 6 feet

• 3 feet

• 4 feet

Converting 3 tons to pounds gives you:

• 12000 pounds

• 9000 pounds

• 3000 pounds

• 6000 pounds

100 centimeters is equal to how many meters?

• 1 meter

• 0.1 meters

• 10 meters

• 100 meters

If you have 100,000 meters, how many kilometers do you have?

• 1 kilometer

• 1000 kilometers

• 10 kilometers

• 100 kilometers

Converting 600 centimeters to meters results in:

• 60 meters

• 0.6 meters

• 600 meters

• 6 meters