Converting Units
It is 1:30 pm and there are 2 hours left in the day. How many minutes is that?
120 minutes
What is the area of a square picture frame whose sides have a length and width of 5 inches?
25 square inches
Bobbie was writing an article for the school newspaper about the amount of homework the 4th grade 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? AThe height of a house Bthe distance between two states Cthe weight of a person Dthe amount of water in a bottle
A the height of a house
In the metric system what does the prefix kilo- mean?
1000
How many centimeters are in 20 meters?
2,000 centimeters are in 20 meters
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?
54 feet
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
Which unit could be used to measure the weight of a ten year old?
kilograms or pounds
What angle (obtuse, actue, or right) is formed by the hands on the clock at 3:00?
right
How many milliliters are in a three 2 liter bottles of pop?
6,000 mL
If the perimeter of a square is 48 cm, what is the length of each side?
12 cm
Ethan drove 640 miles in 5 days. If Ethan drove the same number of miles each day, how many miles did he drive each day?
128 miles each day
Which is most likely the length of a telephone book? 30 kilometers 30 centimeters 30 millimeters 30 meters
30 meters
What is the decimal 8.09 written as a fraction?
8 9/100
Suzie has a mass of 25 kilograms. How many grams is her mass?
25,000 grams
What is the width of a rectangle that has a length of 6 feet and an area of 60 square feet?
10 feet
Greg has a desk which is four feet wide and ten feet long. What is the area of the desk?
40 square feet (That is a really big desk!)
A pitcher of water is about 4 L or 400mL?
4L
What are the partial products for 36 X 23?
600, 90, 120, 18
Mr. Meeks uses a bowling ball that weighs 13 pounds. How many ounces is his ball?
208 oz
A square has a perimeter of 20 inches. What is the length of each side of this square?
5 inches
Brad bought 33 cents worth of candy at the store. Brad gave the cashier a dollar bill. How much change should Brad receive?
67 cents
It is better to measure the weight of a large pumpkin in ounces or pounds?
pounds
What is 8,934 divided by 3?
2,978