Word Problems 1
Kyle and his friends were building a tower out of legos.
Kyle's tower weighed 6 ounces.
George's tower weighed 4 more ounces than Kyle's.
Ryan's tower weighed twice the amount of George's.
How much did Ryan's tower weigh?
______pounds _______ounces
1 pound 4 ounces (20 ounces)
7 3/4 gallons __________quarts
31 quarts
Question 1 : 1 foot = _________ inches
Question 2: 1 yd = __________ feet
Question 1. 12 inches
Question 2. 3 feet
Question 1: 1 gallon = ______quarts
Question 2: 1 pound = _______ounces
Question 1: 4 quarts
Question 2: 16 ounces
What is the rule for converting yards to feet?
Multiply the number of yards by 3
George collected trash off the ground, to help keep the environment clean. He recycled 5 pounds, 4 ounces on Monday. He then recycled twice as much on Tuesday. What is the total weight of trash he collected on Monday and Tuesday?
_______pounds _________ounces
Hint: There are 2 steps to the problem
15 pounds 12 ounces
Monday: 5 pounds 4 ounces
Tuesday: 10 pounds 8 ounces
36 ounces = _________pounds ___________ounces
2 pounds 4 ounces
19 yards = _______feet
57 feet
12 gallons = ______ quarts
48 quarts
What is the rule for converting feet to inches?
Multiply the number of feet by 12.
The students make bracelets to raise money for their school. Each bracelet is 4 inches long. What is the greatest number of bracelets they can make if they have 12 feet 4 inches of materials?
Hint: this is a 2-3 step problem.
The greatest number of bracelets they can make is 37 bracelets.
76 feet = ______yards __________feet
25 yards 1 foot
14 feet = __________inches
168 inches
9 pounds = __________ounces
144 ounces
What is the rule for converting hours to minutes?
Multiply the number of hours by 60.
Taylor's airplane travels 7 feet. Hannah's airplane travels 5 times as far as Taylor's. How many INCHES farther does Hannah's airplane travel from Taylor's airplane.
336 inches
1. Taylor: 7 feet
2. Hannah: 7x5 = 35 feet
3. 35-7= 28 feet= 336 inches (12 x 28)
50 inches = ________feet _________inches
4 feet 2 inches
7 1/3 yards = __________feet
22 feet
8 3/4 gallons = ______quarts
35 quarts
What is the rule for converting gallons to quarts
Multiply the number of gallons by 4
A pizza shop has 32 pounds of dough before lunch. They need 6 ounces of dough to make each small pizza and 8 ounces of dough to make each large pizza. The shop makes 31 small pizzas and 12 large pizzas during lunch. What is the greatest number of large pizzas that can be made after lunch with the leftover dough?
28 large pizzas
1. Convert the amount of dough you have to ounces (32 pounds= 512 oz)
2. How many ounces you used for the small and large pizzas (31 x 6= 186 oz; 12 x 8 = 96 ounces = 282 oz)
3. Subtract 512- 282 ounces = 230 ounces
4. Divide 230 by 8 ounces = 28.75 or 28 pizzas
76 hours = _______days _________hours
3 days 4 hours
8 1/2 feet = __________ inches
102 inches
16 1/2 pounds = _________ounces
264 ounces
What is the rule for converting pounds to ounces?
Multiply number of pounds by 16