Working with units

A kitten weighs 4 pounds.  What is the approximate mass of the kitten in kilograms? (Do NOT label your answer.)

27 kg= _____ grams (1 kg = 1,000 g)

• 0.27 mL

• 270 mL

• 27,000 mL

• 2,700 mL

Convert 250 grams to kilograms.

• 2.5

• 0.25

• 25

• 0.0025

Martin wants to build a bird house.  He needs 36 inches of board to make it.  The 
store sells boards by the foot. How many feet of board will he need to purchase?

• 1 foot
• 2 feet
• 3 feet
• 8 feet

The state of Colorado covers about 1 × 10⁵ square miles. The Indian Ocean covers about 3 × 10⁷ square miles. How many times bigger than Colorado is the Indian Ocean

• 2 x 10² times bigger
• 4 x 10¹² times bigger
• 3 x 10³⁵ times bigger
• 3 x 10² times bigger

3,200 cm = _____km

• 0.032 km
• 0.32 km
• 32 km
• 320 km

A hippopotamus weighs 1,560,000 grams. Convert the hippopotamus' weight to kilograms.

• 1,560 kg

• 15,600 kg

• 1,560,000,000 kg

• 156,000,000 kg

Convert 8.4 miles to kilometers. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.

• 13.52

• 13.51

• 13.53

• 13.54

Which measure is less than 435 inches?

• 37 feet
• 36 feet 10 inches
• 12 yards 3 inches
• 12 feet 3 inches

15,000 g = _________ kg

• 150 kg
• 15kg