Metric and Customary Conversions Word Problems

On Thursday afternoon, the school cafeteria served 16 gallons of juice during lunch. How many pints of juice were served?

• 32 pints

• 128 pints

• 64 pints

• 1000 pints

A box weighs 8 ounces. A shipment of boxes weighs 7 pounds. How many boxes are in the shipment?

• 15 boxes

• 14 boxes

If Delilah is 5 feet tall, how tall is she in inches?

• 5 inches

• 17 inches

• 60 inches

• 90 inches

A farmer has a bale of hay with a mass of 36 kilograms. How many grams of hay are in the bale?

• 36,000 grams

• 360 grams

• 0.36 grams

• 3,600 grams

A bottle contains 1.5 liters of soda. How many milliliters of soda does the bottle contain?

• 150 milliliters

• 1500 milliliters

• 15 milliliters

• 15000 milliliters

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 1500 milliliters because 1 liter is equal to 1000 milliliters, so 1.5 liters is equal to 1500 milliliters.

A car travels 60 miles in 1 hour. How many feet does it travel in 1 second? (Note: 1 mile = 5280 feet)

• 88 feet

• 5280 feet

• 176 feet

• 60 feet

Answer explanation

To find the distance in feet traveled in 1 second, first convert 1 hour to seconds (3600 seconds). Then, calculate 60 miles * 5280 feet / 3600 seconds = 88 feet.

If a chocolate bar weighs 50 grams, how many kilograms does 20 chocolate bars weigh?

• 1 kilogram

• 0.1 kilograms

• 10 kilograms

• 0.01 kilograms

Answer explanation

To find the total weight of 20 chocolate bars, multiply the weight of one bar (50g) by the number of bars (20), then convert the total weight to kilograms (50g * 20 / 1000 = 1kg). Therefore, 20 chocolate bars weigh 1 kilogram.

The Smith’s hot tub has a capacity of 1,458 liters. Mrs. Smith put 487 liters 750 milliliters of water in the tub. How much water needs to be added to fill the hot tub completely?

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A gym floor has a perimeter of 1,935 feet. What is the perimeter in yards?

• 600 yards

• 19 yards

• 645 yards

• 5,805 yards

Mrs. Teshin screamed when she saw a snake that was 50 millimeters long. How many centimeters is the snake?

• 5 cm

• 500 cm

• 50 cm

• 5,000 cm