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Michael and Sam were testing how far they could throw a football. Michael threw his 38 feet. Sam threw his 46 feet. How many total yards did they throw the football?
84 ft. = 28 yd.
Sarah's family raises chickens. They buy 15 pounds of chicken feed per week. If the chickens eat all but 4 pounds, how many ounces of feed did they eat?
11lb.=176 oz.
Jordan is running a 5k race (5 kilometers). The first check in table marked the halfway point of the race. How many meters had she already ran by the time she had reached the table?
2.5 km = 2,500 m
Cohen wanted to know how much his backpack weighed with all of his homework in it. He used the metric scale in the science room and saw that his backpack weighed 6,000 grams. How many kilograms did his backpack weigh?
6000 g = 6 kg
Lynn's mom made 14 gallons of punch for their family reunion. If they saved 12 cups for the class party for the next day, how many cups did they have for the reunion?
13 gal. 4 cp. = 212 cp.
Hank had 90 yards of rope. He used 81 yards for his project. How many feet did he have left?
9 yards = 27 feet
A game system manufacturer ships 720 new game systems each week. Each game system weighs 50 lb. How many tons of game systems does the manufacturer ship each week?
36,000 lb = 18 tons
The fourth grade class went on an all day trip to the nature center. They walked for a total of 7,500 meters. How many kilometers did they walk
7,500 meters = 7.5 kilometers
A cookie recipe uses 50 grams of chocolate. How many centigrams of chocolate does the recipe use?
50 grams =5,000 centigrams
One bottle of honey holds 80 milliliters. How many liters is 80 milliliters?
0.08 liters
Penelope bought 4 bundles of yarn to make friendship bracelets. If each bundle of yarn is 36 inches, how many feet of yarn did Penelope buy?
144 inches = 12 feet
Marcella weighs 7 pounds more than Hannah. Hannah weighs three pounds less than Susan. Susan weighs 84 pounds. How much does Marcella weigh?
88 lbs.
Janice used a 4.8 meter length of fabric for a table cloth. What was the length of fabric in centimeters?
4.8 meters = 480 centimeters
Marvin bought 12 kilograms of coffee beans. How many grams of coffee beans did he buy?
12 kilograms = 12,000 grams
The kitchen sink in Abby's house leaks 2 liters of water each week. How many kiloliters of water would the pipe leak in 52 weeks?
104 liters = 0.104 kiloliters
For National Health month the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade class walked 14,200 miles, the fifth grade walked 1,909 miles, and the sixth grade walked 11,999 miles. How many more miles did the sixth graders walk than the fifth graders.
10,090 miles
A jar of pennies weighs 50 ounces. If the number of pennies inside the jar is doubled, the jar of pennies will weigh 92 ounces. How much does the jar weigh?
29 ounces
Tony cut a five meter ball of string into four equal sized lengths. How many centimeters long was each length of string?
1.25 meters
A blueberry has a mass of 12 grams. What is the mass in kilograms of a basket of 225 blueberries?
2,700 grams = 2.7 kilograms
A hotel cleaning service mixed 4 liters of concentrated cleaner with 14 liters of water. How many milliliters of liquid did they mix?
18 liters = 18,000 milliliters
Erin took a 4-day bus trip to visit her family. On each of the first two days, the bus traveled 244 miles. On the third day it traveled 334 miles and on the fourth day, 122 miles. What was the distance of the trip?
944 miles
Carl has three dogs. Spot weighs 27 pounds. Rascal weighs 6 pounds more than Fluffy. Fluffy weighs 8 pounds more than Spot. How much do all three dogs weigh together?
103 lbs.
Sarah cut a 20cm length of ribbon to attach to the tail of her kite. How many millimeters long is the ribbon?
20 cm = 200 mm
Paul weighed a pumpkin and found that it had a mass of 9 kg. He cut the pumpkin and gave his and gave his friend a 500g piece. How many grams of pumpkin did Paul have left to make pumpkin soup?
8,500 grams = 8.5 kg.
Sam poured a two gallons of apple juice into cups that each held 250ml. How many cups did he fill?
32 cups.