Converting Units
It is 1:30 pm and there are 2 hours left until the bell rings. How many minutes is that?
120 minutes
What is the surface area of a cube whose sides have a length and width of 5 centimetres?
150 square centimetres
Mr. White was writing an article for the school newsletter about the amount of homework the Y5 teachers were assigning. He was surprised to find out that the average student only spent 15 minutes per night doing homework. To make it sound longer, he decided to convert the time from minutes to seconds in the article. How many seconds did the average student spend on homework?
900 seconds
Which of these would you probably measure in meters?
A) the height of a house
B) the distance between Bermuda and the US
C) the weight of a person
D) the amount of water in a bottle
A the height of a house
How many centimetres are in 20 metres?
2,000 centimetres are in 20 metres
Victory planned to buy paint to decorate the walls in her bedroom. She measured the lengths of the walls and found the perimeter of her room. Her room was shaped like a rectangle with a length of 12 metres and a width of 10 metres. What is the perimeter?
44 metres
Ms. Bothello had a rectangular garden with a perimeter of 36 metres. The fence surrounding it was falling down on one of the short sides (width). If the length of the garden was 10 metres, how many metres of fence did she need to replace the broken portion (width) of the fence?
8 metres
Which unit could be used to measure the weight of someone in Y4?
kilograms (mass) or pounds
What angle (obtuse, acute, or right) is formed by the hands on the clock at 3:00?
right
How many millilitres are in three 2 litre bottles of soda?
6,000 mL
Mr. Lewis rode on his push pedal bike 640 metres in 5 days. If Mr. Lewis rode the same number of metres each day, how many metres did he ride each day?
128 metres each day
Which is most likely the length of a telephone book?
A) 30 kilometres
B) 30 centimetres
C) 30 millimetres
D) 30 metres
B) 30 centimetres
Skylar weighs 25 kilograms. How many grams does she weigh?
25,000 grams
What is the width of a rectangle that has a length of 6 metres and an area of 60 square metres?
10 metres
Julius has a desk which is 1.5 metres wide and 3 metres long. What is the area of the desk?
4.5 square metres (That is a really big desk!)
Which list below shows the temperatures in order from coldest to hottest?
A) 0°C, -10°C, 10°C, 100°C
B) -10°C, 10°C, 0°C, 100°C
C) -10°C, 0°C, 10°C, 100°C
D) 100°C, 10°C, 0°C, -10°C
C) -10°C, 0°C, 10°C, 100°C
Nahzir looked at the calendar and realized that he had 5 weeks until his birthday. How many days is that?
35 days
A square has a perimeter of 20 centimetres. What is the length of each side of this square?
5 centimetres
Ms. Woods bought 33 cents worth of candy at the store to give to her students. Ms. Woods gave the cashier a dollar bill. How much change should Ms. Woods receive?
67 cents
Which is the warmest temperature?
A) -10°F
B) 0°F
C) -2°F
D) 5°F
D) 5°F