Customary and Metric Lengths

Steven is 5 feet 4 inches tall. How tall is this in inches?

• 54 inches

• 60 inches

• 64 inches

• 70 inches

100 in = ______________ ft

• 1,200

• 5

• 8.4

• 8 ft 4 inches

987 mm = _____ cm

• 98.7 cm

• 9,870 cm

• 9.87 cm

• 0.987 cm

Use the chart to determine the metric measurement conversion.

8.93 km = _______ m

• 0.893 m

• 89.3 m

• 893 m

• 8,930 m

Which would be the best customary units to use to find the length of a football field?

• tons

• yards

• feet

• pints

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

• 720 feet

• 5 feet

• 5 inches

• 72 feet

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

• 43.15 cm

• 204 cm

• 6.72 cm

• 1.42 cm

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

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

Use the chart to determine the metric measurement conversion.

5 m = _______ dm

• 0.5 dm

• 50 dm

• 500 dm

• 0.05 dm