Chapter 4: Weights, Measures, and Conversions

Feet/Inches Conversions

100

Convert 17 feet to inches

204 inches

200

Convert 96 inches to feet

8 feet

300

Convert 30 inches to feet

2.5 feet (2 feet 6 inches)

400

convert 19.6666... feet to feet and inches

19 feet 8 inches

500

Convert 337 inches to feet and inches

28 feet 1 inch

Feet/Inches Operations

100

4 ft 5 in + 7 ft 3 in + 5 ft 5 in

17 feet 1 inch

200

9 ft 3 in - 4 ft 6 in

4 feet 9 inches

300

8 ft 9 in x 5

43 feet 9 inches

400

3 ft 8 in / 11

4 inches

500

A board 8 ft 5 in long is to be divided equally into four board sections. Find the length of each section.

2 feet 1.25 inches

Unit Conversions

100

9210 ft to miles

1.74 miles

200

315 ft to fathoms

52.5 fathoms

300

34.2 chains to inches

27086.4 inches

400

42 scoops to blobs

5.5 blobs = 3 scoops

77 blobs

500

Sewer pipelines to a new development measure 180 rods. How many yards of pipe are needed?

990 yards

Area/Volume Conversions

100

2731 acres to mi²

4.27 mi²

200

64182 in³ to yd³

1.38 yd³

300

641 ft² to acres

0.01 acres

400

A parking lot requires 6000 ft³ of gravel. How many cubic yards is that?

222.22 yd³

500

58935 in³ to yd³

1.263 yd³

Rate Conversions

100

17 mi/hr to ft/hr

89760 ft/hr

200

70 mi/hr to yd/min

2053.33 yd/min

300

315 lb/ft² to lb/in²

2.188 lb/in²

400

A HyVee truck averages 6 mpg. Convert this to km/hr.

1 gal = 3.785 L; 1 mi = 1.61 km

2.55 km/L

500

58 mph to in/sec

1020.8 in/sec