Standard Units of Measurement
6 feet = ____ inches
72 inches
Tom is 6 feet tall. How tall is he in inches?
72 inches tall
23 centimeter = ____ millimeters
* extra turn if answer is correct *
230 millimeters
Chris' pencil is 17 centimeters long. How many millimeters long is the pencil?
170 millimeters
Mrs. Hudock told the students that her desk is 3 feet 8 inches long. What is the length in inches?
44 inches
3 gallons = _____ quarts
12 quarts
Ann bought 15 yards of fabric. How many feet of fabric did Ann get?
45 feet of fabric
5 meters = _______ centimeters
500 centimeters
John saw a monkey at the zoo. It had a mass of 8 kilograms. How many grams is 8 kilograms?
8,000 grams
Ms. Geiger ships a gift through the mail. The gift weighs 7 lbs. 9 oz. She packs the gift in a shipping box with bubble wrap. The package weighs 11lbs 4 oz. How much does the shipping box and bubble wrap weigh?
* double points *
3 lbs. 11 oz.
12 feet = ____ yards
4 yards
Fred's backpack weighs 8 pounds. How many ounces does his backpack weigh?
* double points *
128 oz.
9 kilometers = _____ meters
9,000 meters
Kasey used 3 liters of water to water her plants. How many milliliters of water did she use?
3,000 milliliters
Tom has half a gallon of milk. He needs 7 cups of milk to make rice pudding. Does he have enough milk?
Explain your answer
Yes, Tom has enough milk
half gallon = 8 cups
8 cups > 7 cups
2 years = _____ weeks
* triple points*
104 weeks
Mary is making hot chocolate for the class party. She mixes the hot chocolate powder with the milk to make a gallon of hot chocolate. How many quarts does Mary make?
4 quarts
7 kilograms = _____ grams
7,000 grams
Explain how you know that a pencil 5 centimeters long is longer than a pencil that is 43 millimeters long.
5 cm = 50 millimeters
50mm > 43 mm
Who ran a longer distance?
Ben ran 4 1/2 kilometers
Stacey ran 6 laps. Each lap was 700 meters.
* double points *
Ben ran a longer distance.
4.5 km = 4,500 m
700m x 6 = 4,200 m
4,500 m > 4,200 m
5 lbs = _____ oz.
80 oz.
A school bus weighs 9 tons. How many pounds does a school bus weigh?
18,000 lbs.
18,000 grams = _____ kilograms
18 kilograms
What are the missing metric unit labels to make this statement true?
1 ____ = 1,000 _____
a. centimeters, meters
b. centimeters, kilometers
c. kilograms, grams
d. milliliters, liters
Mrs. Hudock drank 6 cups of coffee and Ms. Geiger drank 3 pints of coffee. Who drank more coffee?
* double points*
They both drank the same amount of coffee.
6 cups = 3 pints