Unit Conversions
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Unit Relationships
100

12 m is equivalent to how many cm? 

What is 1200 cm.

100

How do you calculate the area of a rectangle? 

What is 

 (length x 2) + (width x 2).

100

A cube has an area of 20 cm2. What is its surface area?

What is 20 x 6 faces = 120 cm2.

100

The volume of a rectangular prism is 32 cm3. What are the possible dimensions?

Volume = L x W x H OR 

(Area of Base) x H   so

L = 8cm

W = 2cm

H = 2cm

100

1m2= _______________cm2

What is 10 000cm2.

200

If I drove 13.89 km, how many metres have I driven? 

What is 13 890m?
200

If the length of  square is 5cm, what is the perimeter and the area? 

What is 20 cm for the perimeter and 25 cmfor the area. 

200

A rectangular prism has the following dimensions: 


Length 10 cm

Width 5 cm

Height 4 cm

What is the Surface Area? 

What is 

10 x 5 x 2 = 100

10 x 4 x 2 = 80

5 x 4 x 2= 40

Total Surface Area 220cm2

200

The dimensions of a rectangular prism is 2cm x 4cm x 5cm. What is the volume of this prism?

Volume = l x w x h

            = 2 x 4 x 5 

            = 40cm3

200

The area of my rug equals 12.2m2, what is the area of the rug in cm2?

What is 122 000cm2.

300

987.5 mm is equivalent to _________m .

What is .9875 m

300

The base of a parallelogram is 10 cm, the width is 5cm and the height is 6cm. What is the area? 

What is 60 cm2.
300

The surface area of a cube is 60 cm2. What is the area of each face? 

What is 10 cm2

300

The volume of a triangular prism is 25cm3. What are the possible dimensions of this triangle? 

Base is 5cm

Height is 2cm

Width is 5cm

**Remember you need to divide it by 2 to get your volume of a triangular prism**

300

A few students in Room 311 are trying to sew a beautiful quilt that is

135 cm by 40 cm from a 1.5 m2  piece of fabric. Will she have enough fabric? Explain your thinking.

Quilt dimensions are: 

135 cm x 40 cm = 5400 cm2

Piece of Fabric

1.5mx 10 000cm= 15 000cm2

She will have enough fabric

400

When measuring the length of the classroom, what would be the most appropriate unit of measurement? 

What is metres.

400

A triangle has the following dimensions: 

Width 4cm

Height 5 cm

Base 8 cm

What is the area? 

What is 20 cm2.

400

A triangular prism has the following information. 

2 congruent triangle (B = 5 cm  H= 2 cm)

3 congruent rectangles (L = 8 cm W = 5cm)

What is the surface area? 

What is:

Triangle areas for both = 10 cm2

Rectangle areas for all = 120 cm2

Total Surface Area = 130 cm2
400

The dimensions of a triangular prism are:

Base : 9 m

Height: 5 m

Width: 2 m

What is the volume?

What is 45cm3.
400

54 000cm is equal to how many ______m2?

What is 5.4m2
500

89.3 m is equivalent to  ___________ km. 

What is  .0893.

500

The area of a triangle is 60 m2. What are the possible base and height of the triangle? 

What is:

Base: 12 m

Height: 10 m

As long as the base and height equal 120 m2.

500

What is Surface Area? How do you calculate it? 

Surface area is the amount of space covered by a a 3 dimensional shape. 

You calculate the Surface Area by measuring the area of each face and adding it up together. 

500

The capacity of a container is equivalent to 1L which is equivalent to _______________ cm3

What is 1000 cm3.

500

0.12mis equal to how many squared centimetres? 

What is 1200cm2