Convert Between Metric and Customary

Keisha’s project requires 5 meters of ribbon. She already has 2 meters of ribbon. About how many more feet of ribbon does Keisha need? (One meter is approximately 3.3 feet.)

• 1 foot

• 3 feet

• 6 feet

• 10 feet

Jamal is training for a race. He ran 100 kilometers last month. About how many miles did Jamal run last month? (1 mile ≈ 1.6 kilometers)

• 160

• 98

• 63

• 16

A town in Alaska had 326 inches of snow last year. How many centimeters of snow fell on the town last year? (One inch is approximately 2.5 centimeters.)

• 130 centimeters

• 323 centimeters

• 652 centimeters

• 815 centimeters

A lamp has a height of 28 inches. About how many centimeters tall is the lamp? (One inch is approximately 2.5 centimeters.)

• 11 centimeters

• 20 centimeters

• 52 centimeters

• 70 centimeters

Mario learns that a snake at the city zoo is 27 feet long. About how many centimeters long is the snake? (1 cm ≈ 0.4 inch)

• 68 cm

• 130 cm

• 810 cm

A large aquarium holds 500 gallons of water in all. About how many liters of water are needed to fill 3 large aquariums? (1 gallon ≈ 3.8 liters)

• 3,000 liters

• 6,000 liters

• 12,000 liters

• 24,000 liters

Tonya bought 400 grams of turkey at a grocery store. About how many ounces of turkey did Tonya buy? (1 gram ≈ 0.04 ounce)

• 10 ounces

• 16 ounces

• 100 ounces

When converting from a larger unit of measure to a smaller unit of measure what math operation do we use?

• addition

• subtraction

• division

• multiplication

When converting measurement from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit of measure what math operation do we use?

• multiplication

• subtraction

• division

• addition

To ____________ is to change between units.

• line plot

• convert

• capacity

• customary system