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Measurement and Conversions

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
John rode 2 kilometers on his bike. His sister Sally rode 3000 meters on her bike. Who rode the farthest and how much farther did they ride (answer in km)?
a)
John rode 1km further.
b)
Sally rode 100km further.
c)
Sally rode 1km further.
d)
John rode 10km further.
2.
Jessica is measuring two line segments. The first line segment is 30 cm long. The second line segment is 500 mm long. How long are the two line segments together? (answer in cm)
a)
8m
b)
80cm
c)
800cm
d)
80m
3.
Lois wants to send a box of oranges to a friend by mail. The box of oranges cannot exceed a mass of 10 kg. If each orange has a mass of 200g, what is the maximum number she can send?
a)
5 oranges
b)
50 oranges
c)
500 oranges
d)
5,000 oranges
4.
Mary buys a reel of thread for sewing. There are 10 m of thread on the real. She uses 210 cm. How much is left on the reel in centimeters?
a)
79cm
b)
79m
c)
790cm
d)
790m
5.
A 30 g serving of a certain breakfast cereal has 0.5 g of salt. How much salt would that be in milligrams?
a)
0.5mg
b)
5mg
c)
50mg
d)
500mg
6.
Chase measured a line for his art project. It is 200 millimeters long. How many centimeters is the line?
a)
200cm
b)
20cm
c)
2cm
d)
0.2cm
7.
Steven goes to the grocery store and is looking at a winter squash. It has a mass of 1.8 kilograms. How many grams is the winter squash?
a)
18g
b)
180g
c)
1,800g
d)
18,000g
8.

The height of a stop sign is 2 meters and 10 centimeters. What is the height of the stop sign in centimeters?

a)

2,010 centimeters

b)

210 centimeters

c)

300 centimeters

d)

Not here

9.

Kyle measured the length of his truck and it was 534 centimeters long. How many meters long is his truck? (1 meter = 100 centimeters)

a)

5.34 meters

b)

53.4 meters

c)

5,340 meters

d)

0.0534 meters

10.

How many milliliters are in 13 liters? (1 liter = 1,000 milliliters)

a)

0.013 mL

b)

130 mL

c)

1,300 mL

d)

13,000 mL

11.

Jill's binder weighs 672 grams. How many kilograms is Jill's binder? (1 kilogram = 1,000 grams)

a)

67.2 kg

b)

6,720 kg

c)

0.672 kg

d)

0.0672 kg

12.
The base unit of metric length.
a)
Meter
b)
Liter 
c)
Kilogram
d)
milligram
13.
The basic unit of metric volume is called a_____.
a)
Kilogram
b)
milligram
c)
Liter
d)
milliliter
14.

The base for mass is the.. (This is different than the SI unit)

a)

meter

b)

gram

c)

kilogram

d)

liter

15.

The appropriate abbreviation of decimeter is..

a)

dm

b)

dam

c)

dM

d)

daM

16.
The abbreviation for gram is...
a)
G
b)
gg
c)
g
d)
gr
17.
What is the correct volume of the blue liquid?
a)
5 ml
b)
15 ml
c)
20 ml
d)
25 ml
18.
What is the volume of the water in this graduated cylinder?
a)
18 mL
b)
20.3 mL
c)
10.7 mL
d)
17 mL
19.
What is the volume of the water in this graduated cylinder?
a)
11.5 mL
b)
13 mL
c)
10.3 mL
d)
11 mL
20.

A meter is bigger than a kilometer.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

A millimeter is smaller than a centimeter.

a)

True

b)

False

22.
What 2 units can be used when measuring volume? 
a)
cubic meters and liters
b)
grams and seconds
c)
milliliters and centimeters
d)
cubic centimeters and kelvin
23.
How do you calculate density?
a)
mass divided by volume
b)
volume divided by mass
c)
mass times volume
d)
very carefully
24.
How do you calculate the volume of a rectangular solid?
a)
length x width x height
b)
mass divided by volume
c)
with a triple beam balance
d)
it's impossible
25.
What is mass?
a)
a measure of the amount of matter an object contains
b)
a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object
c)
the amount of space an object takes up
d)
a temperature scale
26.
How do you measure the volume of an irregular solid?
a)
displacement method
b)
length x width x height
c)
mass divided by volume
d)
kick it
27.
What is the mass?
a)
155g
b)
105g
c)
105.6g
d)
105.2g
28.
Which box has a higher density?  
a)
Box A
b)
Box B
c)
cannot be determined
d)
they are the same
29.
What tool do scientists use to measure volume of a liquid?
a)
graduated cylinder
b)
meter stick
c)
spring scale
d)
triple-beam balance
30.
What do we use a meter stick to measure?
a)
volume
b)
distance/length
c)
mass
d)
weight
31.
Tom put water in a graduated cylinder and looked at the lowest point of the meniscus.  What unit should he use?
a)
meter
b)
kilometer
c)
liter
d)
milliliter
32.
Jamal put a block of wood on a triple-beam balance and read the amount in grams.  What was he measuring?
a)
temperature
b)
mass
c)
weight
d)
volume
33.
Samantha got the volume of a block of wood.  Each side was 5 ___.  The volume was 125 ______.  What units did she use?
a)
cm, cm3
b)
meter, cm3
c)
gram, cg3
d)
mL, mL3
34.

What is the volume of the object?

(a)  

35.

What is the volume of the object?

(a)  

36.
If you have a rectangular object with a length of 5 cm, a width of 7 cm, a height of 9 cm.  What is the volume?
a)
312 cm3
b)
319 cm3
c)
315 cm3
37.
What measurement label do we use when we measure the volume of a rectangular shaped object?
a)
centimeters = cm
b)
cubic centimeters = cm3
c)
cubic meters = m3
38.
a)
80 in3
b)
24 in3
c)
21 in3
d)
13 in3
39.
Where should you read the level of water on the graduated cylinder?
a)
Level "A"
b)
Level "B"
c)
Level "C"
d)
None of these
40.

Choose the volume formula for a regular solid object

a)

length x width

b)

area + perimeter

c)

length x width x height

d)

length + width + height

41.
Frank has an eraser. It has a mass of 4g, and a volume of 2cm3. What is its density?
a)
8 g/cm3
b)
2 g/cm3
c)
1/2 g/cm3
d)
24 g/cm3

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