Word Problems
Unit Conversion: Distance
Unit Conversion: Money
Unit Conversion: Time
100
David is baking half a batch of banana bread. John likes chocolate chips in his banana bread, Mary does not. If one full recipe makes four loaves of banana bread, and calls for three cups of chocolate chips, how many cups of chocolate chips will David need to use to ensure that there is one loaf with chocolate, and one without?
3/4 of a cup. Though if you were actually baking, I'd advise using a whole cup. No need to skimp on chocolate chips.
100
60 in = _____ ft
5 ft
100
$4.30= ____ euros* *1 euro= $1.08
3.98 euros
100
36 days = _____ hours
864 hours
200
Mary and John are swimming laps, while David is running laps. Mary is swimming 100 yards every 2 minutes, while John is swimming 25 yards every 45 seconds. David is running 400 yards every five minutes. Who will finish their 1000 yard goal first?
David.
200
5 m. = ______ cm
500 cm
200
15 British pounds* = $______ *1 British pound = $1.43
$21.45
200
4 years* = ______ minutes *assume that 1 year=365 days
2,102,400 minutes
300
John is making 120 cupcakes for Mary and David's birthday. A single recipe makes 10 cupcakes, and calls for a teaspoon of vanilla. If there are three teaspoons in one tablespoon, and sixteen tablespoons in a cup, how many cups of vanilla will he be using?
1/4th of a cup. This is an absurd amount of vanilla, and will make your cupcakes fall due to the high alcohol content. Be warned.
300
1 km - 1000 m = ______ cm
0 cm
300
0.5 British pounds* = ______ euros *1 British pound = 1.32 euros
0.66 euros
300
75 days = ____ years* *assume that 1 year=365 days Round to the nearest tenth
0.2 years, or 1/5 of a year
400
Mary took an hour out of her busy day and drove 55 miles to John's house. John, meanwhile, had driven 75 miles to David's house. Mary called John, they laughed about the miscommunication, and then John and David drove back to John's house. If John drives to David's house at the same speed as Mary, and drives back to his own house at half that speed, how much time has John spent driving today? Round to the nearest hour.
Assuming that the amount of time he took to run out for milk this morning is negligible, approximately 4 hours.
400
2 m - 45 cm = ______ cm
155 cm
400
0.70 Swiss francs = _____ euros* *1 euro = 1.10 Swiss francs
0.64 euros
400
2,628,000 minutes = _____ years* *assume 1 year=365 days
5 years
500
If Mary had five apple pies, and John had seven apple pies, and each apple pie had seventeen apples in them, how many apples would David have eaten if David ate a third of Mary's pies and a fourth of John's? Round to the nearest whole apple.
58 apples. Also dead, probably. Don't eat 58 apples in one sitting, kids.
500
2 yd - 30 in = _____ in
42 in
500
75 Swiss francs* = $______ *1 Swiss franc = $0.99
$74.25
500
315,360,000 seconds = ______ centuries* *assume 1 year=365 days
0.1 centuries, or 1/10 of a century
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