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1. The library is 5 miles from the post office. How many yards is the library from the post office?
8,800 yards
Billy made 3 gallons of juice for a picnic. He said that he made 3/4 quart of juice. Explain Billy’s mistake and solve it correctly.
5. A male hippopotamus can weigh up to 10,000 pounds. How many tons is 10,000 pounds?
5 tons
8. Lorena’s backpack has a mass of 3,000 grams. What is the mass of Lorena’s backpack in kilograms?
3 kilograms
16. Emily bought 48 yards of fabric to make curtains. How many inches of fabric did Emily buy?
1,728 inches
10. Beth filled 32 jars with paint. If each jar holds 1 pint of paint, how many gallons of paint did Beth use?
4 gallons
12. Carlos bought 5 pounds of carrots. How many ounces of carrots did he buy?
80 ounces
13. Chandler has 824 millimeters of fabric. How many centimeters of fabric does Chandler have?
82.4 centimeters
19. Maria spent 15 days traveling in South America. How many hours did she spend traveling in South America?
360 hours
18. Sam is practicing long track speed skating at an ice skating rink. The distance around the rink is 250 yards. He has skated around the rink 6 times so far. How many more yards does he need to skate around the rink to complete 3 miles?
3,780 yards
15. A large pot holds 8 quarts of spaghetti sauce. Lisa has 1-pint containers of spaghetti sauce.
16 1-pint containers
20. A concrete truck loaded with concrete weighs about 30 tons. About how many pounds does the loaded truck weigh?
60,000 pounds
9. Richard walks every day for exercise at a rate of 1 kilometer every 12 minutes.
Part A
At this rate, how many meters can Richard walk in 1 hour? Explain how you found your answer.
5,000 meters
6. Amar and his friends went to a movie at 4:45 p.m. The movie ended at 6:20 p.m.
Part A
How long was the movie? __ hours and __ minutes
1 hour 35 minutes
17. Kelly is having a party. She wants to make punch. The recipe for punch uses 3 pints of pineapple juice, 5 cups of orange juice, 1/4 gallon of lemonade, and 1 quart of apricot nectar.
Part A Kelly says her recipe will make 20 cups of punch. Is Kelly correct? Explain your answer.
No. The recipe will make 19 cups of punch. I converted all the measurements to cups.
22a. 2,000 lb > 1 T
True or False?
False
4. Fred bought 4 liters of liquid laundry detergent, 3,250 milliliters of fabric softener, and 2.5 liters of bleach. For numbers 4a–4e, select True or False for each statement.
4a. Fred bought 75 milliliters more fabric softener than bleach.
4b. Fred bought 1.75 liters more laundry detergent than bleach.
4c. Fred bought 750 milliliters more fabric softener than bleach.
4d. Fred bought 150 milliliters more laundry detergent than bleach.
4e. Fred bought 0.75 liters more laundry detergent than fabric softener. True False
A) false
B) false
C) true
D) false
E) true
3. The Drama Club is showing a video of their recent play. The first showing begins at 2:30 p.m. The second showing is scheduled at 5:25 p.m. with a 1/2 -hour break between the showings.
Part A How long is the video in hours and minutes? __ hours and __ minutes
2 hours and 25 minutes
22b. 56 oz < 4 lb
True or False?
True
6. Amar and his friends went to a movie at 4:45 p.m. The movie ended at 6:20 p.m.
Part B
Amar got home 45 minutes after the movie ended. What time did Amar get home? Explain how you found your answer.
7:05 p.m.; I used a t-chart to determine how long the movie was and then added the 45 minutes at the end of the movie to determine what time he got home.
3. The Drama Club is showing a video of their recent play. The first showing begins at 2:30 p.m. The second showing is scheduled at 5:25 p.m. with a 1/ 2 -hour break between the showings.
C. The second showing started 20 minutes late. Will the second showing be over by 7:45 p.m.? Explain why your answer is reasonable.
No; The second showing started at 5:45 p.m. The movie lasts 2 hours and 25 minutes, so it ends at 8:10 p.m., which is later than 7:45 p.m.
22c. 48 oz = 3 lb
True or False
True
14. Glenn needs to cut pieces of ribbon that are each 1 meter long to make ribbon key chains. If he has 3 pieces of ribbon that are each 1 dekameter long, how many 1-meter pieces of ribbon can he cut?
30 pieces
22d. 40 oz < 2 lb 4 oz
True or False
False
21. A plumber has a piece of pipe that is 2-meter long. He needs to cut it into sections that are 10 centimeters long. How many sections will he be able to cut? Show your work. Explain how you found your answer.
20 sections