Metric Measurement and Conversion Problems

Holly is buying orange juice for the class party. There are 24 people coming, and she figures each person will drink 250 milliliters of juice. There are 1000 milliliters in one liter. How many liters of juice will she need?

• 6 liters

• 5 liters

• 8 liters

• 10 liters

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Josie is 1.4 m tall. Her sister is 54 cm shorter. There are 100 centimeters in one meter. Find Josie’s sister’s height in meters.

• 0.86 m

• 0.96 m

• 13.46 m

• 1.16 m

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Mrs. Woodard is making a punch for the 5th grade party. The punch recipe calls for 2 L of ginger ale, 1.5 L of orange juice, 0.5 L of pineapple juice, 125 mL of lemon juice, and 375 mL of lime juice. How many liters of punch will she have when she mixes it all together?

• 4.5 L

• 4.625 L

• 4.75 L

• 5 L

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Chase measured a line for his art project. It is 200 millimeters long. If 1 centimeter = 10 millimeters, how many centimeters long is the line Chase measured?

• 20 centimeters

• 200 centimeters

• 2 centimeters

• 20 millimeters

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Cheryl is moving to a new house. Her old house is 3 kilometers from her new house. If one kilometer is equal to 1000 meters, how many meters is the old house from the new house?

• 1000 meters

• 2000 meters

• 3000 meters

• 4000 meters

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CCSS.2.MD.A.2

Carlos has a 1.2 meter long piece of wood. He wants to cut it into 3 equal lengths. If one meter is equal to 1000 millimeters, how long will each of the three pieces be in millimeters?

• 300 millimeters

• 400 millimeters

• 500 millimeters

• 600 millimeters

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Match the following unit to what it measures.

• Capacity

• Meter

• Length

• Gram

• Weight

• Liter

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CCSS.2.MD.A.3

Mrs. Smith is planning a class party for 18 students. She will be serving apple juice. If she serves 250 ml per student, how many liters of juice will she need to buy?

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Mr. Green’s lawn mower holds 600 milliliters of gasoline in the tank. He just filled his 6 liter gas can at the station. How many times will he be able to fill his lawn mower tank from the gas can?

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

Lily ran 1.1 kilometers this week and 980 meters last week. What is the difference between what she ran this week and last week in meters?

• 0.12 kilometers

• 1,078 meters

• 2,080 meters

• 120 meters

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1