Conversions
Measurement Word Problems
Conversions Word Problems
Angles
100

5 quarts= ___ cups

20 cups

100

Ben got to the park at 4:45. While he was there, he read his book for 45 minutes and played for 20 minutes. At what time did Ben leave the park?  

5:50

100

Ashley makes 4 gallons of sweet tea for a party. She pours the tea into pitchers that hold 1 quart each. How many pitchers does she fill?

16 pitchers

100

What kind of angle measures EXACTLY 180 degrees?

Straight angle

200

16,000 milliliters= _____ liters

16 liters

200

John rode 2 kilometers on his bike. His sister Sally rode 3000 meters on her bike. Who rode the farthest and how much farther did they ride (answer in km)?

Sally rode the farthest.

She rode 1,000 km farther than John.

200

A hallway is 6 yards long. How many inches long is the hallway?

216 inches

200

Draw an acute angle.

Any answer that shows an acute angle will be accepted.

300

36 inches= ___ yards

1 yard

300

James bought a bottle of water for $1.50 and a pack of gum for $1.32.  How much did James give the clerk if she got $7.18 in change?

$10.00

300

Jan ran 3 kilometers every day for five days. How many total meters did she run?

15,000 meters

300

How many one degree angles are there in a circle?

360

400

500 millimeters = ___ centimeters

50 centimeters

400

Steven wakes up for school at 6:30 in the morning. If school starts at 8:00 am, how long does he have from the time he wakes up until school starts?

1 hour 30 minutes

400

In PE, Sam and his friends had to measure their heights.  They each used a different measurement tool, and then recorded their heights in the chart below.  

Student

Jack: 1 yard

Dave: 4 feet

Andy: 41 inches

Order the three boys by height, writing their names from tallest to shortest.

Explain how you figured out which boy was the tallest of the three.

Dave, Andy, Jack

400

A whole angle is 168 degrees. One part of the angle is 42 degrees. Find the missing part of the angle.

*Hint: use a part whole box!*

126 degrees

500

4 yards= ___ feet

12 feet

500

Allen paid $50 for a box of 120 pens.

He sold 96 of the pens for $1 each.

Which statement is correct? 

(Profit: The difference between the purchase price and the price the item was sold for)

a.)  Allen made a profit of $46. 

b.)  Allen made a profit of $40. 

c.)  Allen made a profit of $42. 

d.)  Allen did not make a profit.

a.)  Allen made a profit of $46.

500

The mass of an apple is 43 grams.  

a. If a bag will hold 8 apples, what is the total mass of the bag of apples?  

b. A box will hold 12 bags of apples, what is the total mass of the box of apples?

a. 344 grams

b. 4,128 grams

500

One part of an angle is 45 degrees. The other part is 21 degrees. Find the measure of the whole angle.

*Hint: use a part whole box!*

66 degrees

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