Estimating Units of Measurement Customary and Metric

You know that 12 inches = 1 foot.  Convert 60 inches to feet.

• 720 feet

• 5 feet

• 5 inches

• 72 feet

You know 16 cups = 1 gallon. Convert 3.5 gallons into cups.

• 56 cups

• 0.21875 cups

• 19.5 cups

• 48 cups

Convert 17  inches to centimeters.  (1 in = 2.54 cm)

• 43.15 cm

• 204 cm

• 6.72 cm

• 1.42 cm

• 144 oz

• 32 oz

• 160 oz

• 9 oz

• 50000 pounds

• 2000 pounds

• 1000 pounds

• 5000 pounds

Laura walks 3 miles each day after school. There are 1,760 yards in a mile. How many yards does Laura walk each day?

• 3,520 yards

• 5,000 yards

• 586.67 yards

• 5,280 yards

Doug bought 14 pints of apple juice. There are 2 cups in each pint. How many cups of apple juice did Doug buy?

• 28 cups

• 7 cups

Mrs. O'Hare ordered 58 pounds of chocolate to sell at school. How many ounces of chocolate did Mrs. O'Hare order? (1 lb = 16 oz)

• 3.625 oz

• 928 oz

Holly brought 11 quarts of lemonade to school for the math celebration. How many gallons of lemonade did Holly bring? (1 gallon = 4 quarts)

• 44 gallons

• 2.75 gallons

• 2.5 gallons

• 40 gallons

Jimmy jogged for a total of 6.8 miles last week. How many feet did Jimmy jog last week? (1 mile - 5,280 feet)

• 35,804 feet

• 35,376 feet

• 3,590 feet

• 35,904 feet