Two Step Measurement Conversion Word Problems

A bead shop sells their tiniest beads by the pound. A new shipment of beads weighing 2 pounds is divided into 8 equal sized bags.How many ounces of beads are in each bag?

• 12 ounces

• 4 ounces

• 32 ounces

• 2 ounces

Casey has 2 yards of red ribbon. She needs to cut pieces that are 4 inches long. How many pieces of ribbon will she she get?

• 72 inches

• 72 pieces

• 18 inches

• 18 pieces

On a map, one inch is equal to 125 miles. There are six inches between Happyville and Glumtown. How many miles are between the two towns?

• 21 miles

• 750 miles

• 721 miles

• 631 miles

Aaron packed 14 pints of bottled water into a cooler for the family road trip. How many gallons of water did he pack into the cooler?

• 2 gallons

• 1.75 gallons

• 112 gallons

• 8 gallons

A player's water bottle can hold 750 milliliters. How many liters is this?

• 7.5 liters

• 0.75 liters

• 75 liters

• 0.075 liters

Adela has a string that is 80 inches long. She cuts 3-foot pieces of the string to make necklaces. Each necklace will use one 3-foot piece. How many necklaces can Adela make using her string.

• 1

• 1.5

• 2.2

• 2

If a water bottle holds 500 milliliters, how many liters of water does it hold?

• 0.05 liters

• 0.5 liters

• 5 liters

• 50 liters

Mark buys 12 pounds of sugar. He uses 24 ounces each day to make coffee. How many days can he make his coffee?

• 192

• 8

• 2

• 288

Ms. Richard's class picked 384 ounces of pumpkin to make pumpkin pie. How many pounds of pumpkin did they pick?

• 16 lbs

• 6,144 lbs

• 8 lbs

• 24 lbs

A recipe calls for 24 ounces of water. If Keisha is going to triple the recipe, how many cups of water will she need?

• 3 cups

• 9 cups

• 27 cups

• 8 cups