King Henry
Customary to Metric
Word Problems
Measurements
Scientific Method
100

How many meters are in a kilometer? 

1,000

100

How many centimillers are in an inch? 

2.54

100

Sure! Here's a metric to customary unit word problem that matches the level and style of the previous ones:

Jordan runs a race that is 5,000 meters long. His little brother wants to know how long the race was in miles so he can compare it to his own race.
If 1 mile = 1,609 meters,
how many miles did Jordan run?


3.1 miles

100

Whats the definition of "accurate" ?

Being close to an known or preestablish number

100

What is the variable that we change in an an experiment? 

The independent variable

200

What are the 3 base units thats represent the "B" in KHDBDCM?

grams(g), liters (L), and meters (m)

200

We can use "King Henry" alone to derive an answer in converting between Metric and Customary Units. (T/F)

false

200

A car is traveling at a speed of 90 kilometers per hour.
What is its speed in miles per hour?


(1 mile = 1.609 kilometers)


55.92mph

200

How are precision and accuracy different?

Precision is how reproducible data is and accuracy is how close you are to the known value. 

200

An "If, then statement" that makes a educated guess on the outcome of an experiment is called an ________.

Hypothesis
300

When we are using "King Henry" what does moving the decimal to the right mean mathematically?

Multiply by 10

300

Convert 150m into inches.

590.5 inches

300

A baker makes 240 cookies in 4 hours. Each dozen cookies requires 2 cups of flour.
How many cups of flour are needed if the baker works for 6 hours at the same rate?

60 cups of flour

300

What is the dart board represents? 

Precision

300

What's the first step of the Scientific Method? 

Observation

400

What unit system does King Henry allow us to convert units in? 

The metric system ie grams, meters, and liters 

400

How many inches are in a km 

39370.1 inches

400

Carlos recycles 37.5 kilograms of aluminum. He is paid $0.80 per pound.
How much money does he make?


(1 kg = 2.20462 pounds)


$66.14

400

What is the dip liquids make in a graduated cylinder called? 

The meniscus

400

A student wants to know if drinking caffenated beverages before school affects their reaction time? 

What are examples of controlled variables in this scenario? 

The student

The amount of caffiene 

The type of drink 

Time they drink before school

500

Covert 5 m to micrometers

5e+6 micrometers

500

Convert 60 mi/hr to cm/s. 

2682 cm/s

500

A small factory machine uses 1.2 kilowatts of power every hour it runs. The factory runs 5 machines, each for 8 hours per day.
Electricity costs $0.12 per kilowatt-hour (kWh).

How much will the factory pay for electricity in 10 days of operation?

$57.60

500

Whats the volume of the cyclinder?

10mL

500

A student wants to find out how water temperature affects how fast sugar dissolves. 


What's the hypothesis for this scenario? 

If I increase the temperature of the water, then sugar will disolve faster. 

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