Convert Units Within a Measurement System

When you are going from smaller units to larger units, you ______ by the power of ten.

• multiply

• divide

700 grams = __________kilograms

• 7 kilograms

• 0.7 kilograms

• 70 kilograms

• 0.07 kilograms

12,000 lb =:? T

• 3 T

• 4 T

• 5 T

• 6 T

Convert 1200 grams to kilograms.

• 1.2 kilograms

• 1.4 kilograms

• 1.8 kilograms

• 2.5 kilograms

600 grams = ________ kilograms

• .6 kilograms

• 6 kilograms

• 60.0 kilograms

• .06 kilograms

36 in =

• 2 ft 10 in

• 2 ft 11 in

• 3 ft 0 in

• 2 ft 9 in

Chisom made 36 pints of lemonade for a class party.  How many gallons of lemonade did she make?

• 9

• 6

• 4 1/2 

• 2 1/2

Convert 1500 centimeters to meters.

• 1.5

• 1500

• 15

• 0.15

How many centimeters is this?

• 15

• 19

• 24

• 1.9

Converting units in formulas: If the speed of a car is 60 miles per hour, what is the speed in kilometers per hour? (1 mile = 1.60934 kilometers)

• 96.5604 kilometers per hour

• 120 kilometers per hour

• 50 kilometers per hour

• 75 kilometers per hour