Problem Solving with Conversions

Jeremy walks through a maze. He begins by walking 25 feet, turning right, and walking 6 yards. Then he walks 32 more feet. He has 13 more yards to walk to complete the maze. What is the length of the maze? Write your answer in yards

• 18 yards

• 32 yards

• 38 yards

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Randy uses a pedometer to keep track of the distances he walks each day. He discovers that the trip to his mailbox and back is 300 meters. How many kilometers does Randy walk to his mailbox and back if he collects his mail 6 days a week for 4 weeks?

• 7.2 km

• 18 km

• 3 km

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Mr. Martinez has 2.5 kilograms of colored sand for his art students to use on their sand art project. He packages the sand into individual bags with 125 grams in each bag. How many bags of sand can Mr. Martinez make?

• 2.5

• 16

• 20

• 200

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A baker needs 6 quarts of milk for a cupcake frosting recipe. He only has an 8-ounce measuring cup to measure the milk into the bowl. How many cups of milk will he use?

• 16 cups

• 24 cups

• 20 cups

• 32 cups

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When Rosa makes lemonade, she uses 500 milliliters of lemon juice for every liter of water. If she made 12 liters of lemonade, how much lemon juice did she use?

• 4,000 milliliters

• 6,000 milliliters

• 8,000 milliliters

• 2,000 milliliters

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

A Komodo dragon is 3 meters long. A dwarf gecko is 15 millimeters long. How many dwarf geckos lined up end-toend would match the length of the Komodo dragon?

• 200

• 100

• 150

• 300

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Campers use a roll of string that is 250 yards long to make kites. Each kite will have 50 feet of kite line. How many kite lines can they cut from the roll of string?

• 5

• 50

• 150

• 15

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A child jumps 3 meters high on a trampoline. How many centimeters does the child jump?

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Sara has one bag of books that weighs 3 pounds and another that weighs 34 ounces. How many ounces of books does Sara have?

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Examine the table below. Use the information to select all the true statements.

• 4 pounds can be expressed as 64 ounces.

• Pounds are smaller than ounces.

• 4 pounds can be expressed as 53 ounces.

• Ounces are smaller than pounds

• When the number of pounds increases by one, the amount of ounces doubles.

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