There are 4 quarts in 1 gallon. How many quarts are in 4 gallons?
16 Quarts
How many feet are in 3 miles?
15,840
There are 10 meters in 1 dekameter. How many meters are in 5 dekameters?
50 meters
Use scaling up or down to solve each problem.
You are making fruit smoothies for a school party. You need 2 liters of strawberries. Strawberries come in quarts. How many quarts do you need? (1 L = 1.06 qt)
2.12 qt of strawberries.
A tin of mints has a mass of 50 grams. How many ounces is a tin of mints? (1 g = 0.035 oz)
50 grams is equal to 1.75 oz.
Michael drove 224 miles in 4 hours, while Olivia drove 290 miles in 5 hours. Which of them drove faster, or did they drive at the same average speed?
For Michael, 224 miles : 4 hours or 56 miles : 1 hour. For Olivia, 290 miles : 5 hours or 58 miles : 1 hour. Olivia drove faster.
The length of a racetrack is 600 feet. How many yards long is the racetrack? (1 yd = 3 ft)
(600 ft) x 1 yd / 3 ft ) = 200 yds
Kordell is able to complete 14 math problems in 28 minutes. Gabriel is able to complete 6 math problems in 10 minutes. Determine how many problems each student can complete per minute. Who can complete problems more quickly?
Kordell rate = 0.5
Gabriel rate = 0.6
Gabriel is Faster
Hometown Market sells three sizes of bags of dried cranberries. The big bag is 16 ounces and costs $4.32. The medium bag is 10 ounces and costs $2.60. The small bag is 6 ounces and costs $1.80.
What is the cost per ounce for each bag size? Which bag is the best buy?
Big bag: $0.27 per oz; medium bag: $0.26 per oz; small bag: $0.30 per oz
Medium bag is the best buy
One can holds 473 milliliters of juice. Is a four-pack of the cans of juice greater than, less than, or equal to 2 liters? Use unit analysis to solve this conversion problem. (1 L = 1000 mL)
It will be less than 2 liters because 473 ∙ 4 = 1892 milliliters. There are 1000 milliliters in 1 liter, so the conversion factor is _1000 mL / 1 L. In 2 liters, there are (2 L) x 1000 mL / 1 L = 2000 mL.
Viana has two aquariums. The small aquarium holds 5 gallons of water, and the large aquarium holds 8 gallons of water. She knows that there are 24 pints in 3 gallons. What is the unit rate of pints : gallons? How many pints does she need to fill both aquariums? Select all that apply
a. 8 pints : 1 gallon
b. 8 gallons : 1 pint
c. 104 pints total
d. 192 pints total
A
C
Mike is buying watermelons and finds that two different kinds are weighed in kilograms and pounds. Watermelon A is 18 pounds, and Watermelon B is 8.7 kilograms. Which watermelon weighs the most?
(1 kg = 2.2 lb)
Convert the weight of Watermelon B to pounds.
(8.7 kg) x 2.2 lb / 1 kg ) = 19.14 lb Since 19.14 is more than 18 pounds, Watermelon B weighs more.
Padma makes four necklaces. The blue necklace is 20 inches long. The green necklace is 51 centimeters long. The purple necklace is 1.5 feet long, and the red necklace is 0.5 meter long. Place the necklaces in order from shortest to longest using inches. 1 cm = 0.39 in. 1 ft = 12 in. 1 m = 39.37 in
Blue: 20 in. Green: 51 cm ∙ 0.39 = 19.89 in. Purple: 1.5 ft ∙ 12 = 18 in. Red: 0.5 m ∙ 39.37 = 19.685 in. Shortest to longest length: purple, red, green, blue
The length of two decals printed end to end is 30 centimeters long. Gary wants to print more decals together end to end. How many can he fit in 72 centimeters? What is the unit rate in decal : length? Select all that apply.
a. 4 decals
b. 5 decals
c. 2 decals : 30 centimeters
d. 1 decal : 15 centimeters
A
D
Four friends live in different cities. They want to meet at the beach. Use the clues to determine each distance to the beach. (1 km = 0.62 mile)
• Carol lives 268 kilometers from the beach.
• Shannon lives 170 miles from the beach.
• Devon lives 4 kilometers closer to the beach than Shannon.
• Kate lives 10 miles farther from the beach than Carol.
How many miles does each friend live from the beach?
Carol: 166.16 mi
Shannon: 170 mi
Devon: 167.52 mi
Kate: 176.16 mi