Metrics and Dimensional Analysis

How many kilograms of calcium are there in 173 pounds of calcium? (1 lb = 454 g; 1 kg = 1000 g)

• 1.10 kg

• 78.5 kg

• 110 kg

• 78500 kg

How many minutes are in a school year, 187 days?

• 269,280 min.

• 16, 200 min.

• 16, 156 min.

• 269,000 min.

Convert 62 miles/hour to feet/second

• 5,456 feet/second

• .003 feet/second

• 90.9 feet/second

• 909 feet/second

The moon is 250,000 miles from earth. How many feet is that?

• 47, 348 ft.

• 47 ft.

• 1.32 X 10⁹ ft.

• 1.3 X 10⁹ ft.

A family pool holds 10,000.0 gallons of water. How many cubic meters (m³) is this?

• 37,900.0 cm³

• 37,900.0 m³

• 37,900 m³

• 40,000.0 m³

If a person weighs 125.0 lbs, how many milligrams do they weigh?

• 56,820, 000 mg

• 56,818,181 mg

• 56, 820 mg

• 56, 818 mg

This past summer our rain gauge collected 0.80 yards of rain. Express this amount in centimeters.

• 73 cm

• 73.2 cm

• 74 cm

• 73.152 cm

What is the conversion for L --> dL

• 1 L --> 100 dL

• 1000 L --> 1 dL

• 1 L --> 10 dL

• 10 L --> 1 dL

What is the conversion for m-->Hm

• 1 Hm --> 100 m

• 1 m --> 100 Hm

• 1 m --> 10 Hm

• 1000 m --> 1 Hm

What is the conversion for g-->mg?

• 1 g --> 1/1000 mg

• 1 g --> 100 mg

• 1000 g --> 1 mg

• 1 g --> 1000 mg