Basic Customary and Metric Units
How many inches are in 2 feet?
24 inches
How many inches are in 2.75 feet?
33 in
What system do you use to find this problem? The perimeter of a field is 200 yd. Its length is 6 yds shorter than twice its width. What is the area.
Guess and Check
Christopher has four more than twice as many rocks in his wagon as Gordon has in his wagon. If he gives Gordon six rocks, he will have one more than Gordon. What is the formula use to guess?
Guess(Gordon x), C = 2x+4
How many feet are in a mile?
5,280 feet.
How many seconds are in 2.3 minutes?
138 sec
Sydney has a pool 12ft by 12ft. She wants a 2 ft deck around it. What is the area of the deck?
52ft2
Rick was counting his collection of bottle caps. He started organizing them in piles. He put all of the bottle caps in piles of four, but found that there was one left over. Then he put them in piles of five and found that there were two left over. Then he put them in piles of seven, and found that there was one left over. Finally he put them in piles of three, and there weren’t any left over. He has less than 100 bottle caps. How many bottle caps does Rick have?
The number of bottle caps is 61
How many L are in a mL?
0.001L
Fraction x Fraction: 14/4 X 33/10
231/ 20
Identify the system. Henry has $0.20 cents in his pocket how many different ways could he have change?
Systematic List.
Paloma and Chuck opened a “bird and beef” stand that featured hamburgers and gourmet squab fillets. On the first day nobody came. On the second day, however, there were two customers. On the third day. There were four customers, and on the fourth day there were six customers. After 50 days, What is the pattern to find the numbers of customers? How many will customers total have been served if this pattern keeps up? (Note that after 3 days, they had served six total customers, because 0+2+4=6.)
49x50
Total customers = 2450
How many feet are in a meter?
3.3 feet.
Mixed Number x Fraction: 5/3 x 7/4
35/12
I am thinking of a number between 1 and 10. It can be evenly divided by 2 and is a square. What is the number and what strategy do you use for this problem?
4, Eliminate Possibilities
Elaine, Leisa, Brittney, and Consuelo each have a hobby: model railroading, building model airplanes, rocketry, or raising tropical fish. Match each woman to her hobby by using the clues below.
1. Leisa has never met the person who does rocketry.
2. Elaine is a pilot and, ironically, has a hobby that has nothing to do with aeronautics.
3. The rocketry hobbyist, the railroader, and Brittney are friends.
4. Leisa’s hobby involves public transportation.
Leisa: Railroad
Elaine: Fish
Brittney: Airplane
Consuelo: Rocketry
How many ounces are in 2.5 gal of milk?
320 ounces.
How many millimeters are in 3.8 centimeters?
38 mm
What are the next 3 numbers in this sequence? 36, 49, 64, __, __, __
81, 100, 121.
If Kenny can limp at a speed of 2 miles per hour, how many seconds does it take him to get from the theatre to the V-building, a distance of 140 yards? (Round your answer to the nearest one-hundredth of a second.)
Answer: 143.10 seconds.