Converting Customary Units Length Weight and Capacity

Convert Customary Units of Weight involve:

• fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, and gallons

• pounds, ounces, and tons

• kilometers, meters, centimeters, and millimeters

• inches, feet, yards, and miles

10 Pounds = ____ Ounces

• 160

• 100

• 60

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

When looking for the distance between two places which category of measurement would we use?

• length

• time

• weight/mass

• volume/capacity

When converting customary or metric units, if converting from a LARGER unit to a SMALLER unit...

• DIVIDE!

• MULTIPLY!

9 feet = __________ yards

• 3 yards

• 6 yards

• 9 yards

• 1 yard

288 inches = _________ yards

• 8 yards

• 12 yards

• 4 yards

• 2 yards

32 cups = _________ gallons

• 2 gallons

• 4 gallons

• 8 gallons

• 9 gallons

10 pints = __________ quarts

• 5 quarts

• 50 quarts

• 8 quarts

• 20 quarts