Metric Conversions
930 mm = _______ cm
93 cm
12 yd = ___________ ft
36 ft
Tell me what I would have to do multiplicatively to get from:
L to mL
Times 1,000 (move the decimal 3 places to the right)
7 buckets
You jog 1.8 kilometers and run 50 meters in the same direction. How many meters do you travel in all?
1850 km
1.3 km = _________ m
1300 m
52 oz = _____ lb _____ oz
3 lb 4 oz
Tell me what I would have to do multiplicatively to get from:
yd to mi
Divide by 1,760
From the line plot on the review: How many buckets have less than 1 and 1/4 pounds of strawberries?
4 buckets
A farmer needs a new pig pen with a floor area of at least 72,000 square inches. Is the rectangular floor plan shown large enough for the pig pen?
From the previous question, how big is the pig pen actually?
475 square feet or 68,400 square inches
14 mL = __________ L
0.014 L
2 1/2 mi = ___________ ft
13,200 ft
Tell me what I would have to do multiplicatively to get from:
T to oz
Multiply by 2,000 then multiply by 16 (Multiply by 32,000)
Using the table and line plot from the whiteboard:
What is the most common height?
3/4 foot (or 6/8)
A farmer needs a new pig pen with a floor area of at least 72,000 square inches. Is the rectangular floor plan shown large enough for the pig pen?
No!
82.16 km = ___________ cm
8,216,000 cm
3 3/4 T = _________ oz
120,000 oz
Tell me what I would have to do multiplicatively to get from:
fl oz to gal
Divide by 8, then divide by 2, then divide by 2, then divide by 4. (divide by 128)
Using the table and line plot from the whiteboard:
How many times as many plants are 3/4 foot tall compared to plants that are 1/2 foot tall?
2 times as many
A glass marble has a mass of 1.67 grams. The mass of a daily vitamin is 500 milligrams. How many more milligrams is the mass of the marble?
1170 mg more
222 mg = _________ kg
0.000222 kg
10.5 gal = ___________ fl oz
1,344 fl oz
Tell me what I would have to do multiplicatively to get from:
km to mm
Multiply by 1,000 then multiply by 100, then multiply by 10. (Multiply by 1,000,000 or move the decimal 6 places to the right)
Using the table and line plot from the whiteboard:
What is the total height of the plants that are 3/4 foot tall? (simplify!)
3 ft
You have collected 1,936 ounces of scrap metal. You use 23 pounds of scrap metal from your collection. How many pounds of scrap metal do you have left?
98 lb