Customary Length & Weight
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The Metric System
Measurement Comparisons
Time
Metric to Customary Conversions
100

60 inches in feet

5 feet

100

6 tsp in Tbsp

2 Tbsp

100

3,000 g in kg

3 kg

100

Bill ran 3 km.  Amanda ran 2,500 meters.  Who ran farther (and by how much)?

Bill ran 500 m farther.

100

The number of days in a year.

What is 365 1/4

100

The approximate distance of a 10 kilometer race (in miles).

What is 6 miles?

200

6 tons in pounds

12,000 lbs

200

24 fluid ounces in cups

3 cups

200

32 meters in centimeters

3,200 cm

200

Which is greater, 2 1/3 feet or 30 inches?

30 inches

200

The length of time between 2:15pm and 4:05pm.

1 hour and 50 minutes.

200

The weight of a 1300 kg Lamborghini Countach (in pounds).

What is about 2600 pounds?

300

2 miles in feet

10,560 feet

300

6 gallons in quarts

24 quarts

300

6,500 mL in L

6.5 Liters

300

A recipe calls for 30 fluid ounces of fruit juice.  I have 1 pint of orange juice, 1 cup of peach juice, and 7 fluid ounces of cranberry juice.  Do I have enough juice to make the recipe?  How much extra or too little do I have?  

I have 1 extra fluid ounce.

300

3 hours and 30 minutes after 4:35am.

8:05am

300

The approximate capacity of a pint of soda (in mL).

What is about 500 mL?

400

75 inches in feet and inches

6 feet, 3 inches

400

96 fluid ounces in quarts

3 quarts

400

135 mm in cm

13.5 cm

400

The science classroom is 13 yards long.  The art room is 40 feet long.  Which room is longer (and by how much)?

The art room is 1 foot longer.

400

The length of time between 9:57am and 2:13pm.

4 hours, 16 minutes

400

The faster runner between Jim and Carl if Jim runs 40 meters in 5 seconds and Carl runs 40 yards in 5 seconds.  

Who is Jim (because meters are a little longer than yards)?

500

8 pounds in ounces

128 ounces

500

3 1/4 pints in fluid ounces

52 fl. oz.

500

3.27 km in cm

327,000 cm

500

I have .8 liters of ginger ale, 830 milliliters of root beer, and 8.47 cL of cola.  Which soda do I have the most of?

Root beer (.830 L)

500

5 hours and 21 minutes before 1:05pm.

7:44am

500

The approximate mass of the beef in a McDonald's quarter-pounder (in grams).

What is 120 grams?

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