Real-Life Metric Conversions for Grade 5 Challenges

A recipe calls for 2 liters of water. If you only have a 500 milliliter measuring cup, how many cups do you need to fill to get the right amount of water?

• 4 cups

• 2 cups

• 5 cups

• 3 cups

You have a 3.5 kilogram bag of flour. If you want to divide it into 250 gram portions, how many portions can you make?

• 16

• 12

• 10

• 14

A car travels 150 kilometers on a trip. If you want to know how many meters that is, how would you convert kilometers to meters?

• 1,500,000 meters

• 150000 meters

• 15,000 meters

• 1500 meters

You bought 1.2 meters of fabric. If you need to cut it into pieces that are each 30 centimeters long, how many pieces can you cut?

• 3

• 6

• 4

• 5

A bottle holds 1.5 liters of juice. If you want to fill cups that hold 250 milliliters each, how many cups can you fill?

• 4 cups

• 6 cups

• 10 cups

• 8 cups

You have a 5 kilometer running route. How many meters is that? Can you estimate how long it would take to run if you run 1 meter per second?

• 3000 meters, 3000 seconds

• 4000 meters, 4000 seconds

• 6000 meters, 6000 seconds

• 5000 meters, 5000 seconds

A fish tank holds 200 liters of water. If you want to know how many milliliters that is, what is the conversion?

• 100000 milliliters

• 250000 milliliters

• 200000 milliliters

• 150000 milliliters

You are baking cookies and the recipe requires 300 grams of sugar. If you only have a scale that measures in kilograms, how would you convert that amount?

• 0.03 kilograms

• 0.3 kilograms

• 3000 grams

• 3 kilograms

A marathon is 42 kilometers long. How many meters is that? If you run at a speed of 10 meters per minute, how long will it take you to finish the marathon?

• 42000 minutes

• 42 minutes

• 420 minutes

• 4200 minutes

You have a 1.5 meter long board. If you need to cut it into pieces that are each 50 centimeters long, how many pieces can you cut?

• 5

• 2

• 4

• 3