Converting Units
Area and Perimeter
Story Problems
100

6,000 pounds = ______ tons

3 tons

100

What is the area of a square with a side length of 21 inches?

441 square inches

100

If the cross country meet begins at 8:30 AM and the competitors need to arrive 30 minutes early to warm up, what time should the competitors arrive?

8:00 AM

200

How many centimeters are in 6 meters?

600 centimeters

200

Nikki planned to buy a wall paper border for 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 feet and a width of 10 feet. What is the perimeter?

44 feet

200

Christina had a rectangular garden with a perimeter of 36 feet. The fence surrounding it was falling down on one of the short sides (width). If the length of the garden was 10 feet, how many feet of fence did she need to replace the broken portion (width) of the fence?

8 feet

300

How many ounces are in 8 pounds?

128 ounces

300

If the perimeter of a square is 48 cm, what is the length of each side?

12 cm

300

Sandra began walking her dog at 9:00 AM. She walked for 1 hour 15 minutes. What time did she finish walking?

10:15 AM

400

Suzie is making fruit punch. She makes 8 pints of fruit punch. How many fluid ounces of fruit punch does she make?

128 fluid ounces

400

What is the width of a rectangle that has a length of 6 feet and an area of 60 square feet?

10 feet

400

If Noah arrives at the skate park at 8:00 AM and finishes skating at 10:45 AM, what is the total amount of time he spent at the skate park?

2 hours and 45 minutes

500

James looked at the calendar and realized that he had 5 weeks until his birthday. How many days is that?

35 days

500

The Edwards family built a patio with an area of 24 square feet. The width and length of the patio are whole numbers. What are TWO possible dimensions of the patio?

Length: 6 feet, Width: 4 feet

Length: 8 feet, Width: 3 feet

Length: 12 feet, Width: 2 feet

500

Ayotomiwa runs a mile in 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Caleb runs a mile in 6 minutes and 18 seconds. How much longer did Caleb take to run than Ayotomiwa in SECONDS?

102 seconds longer