Length in Customary Units
What is 2 feet 3 inches in inches?
27 inches / 27in
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2 pounds (lb) _____ 2 ounces (oz)
2 pounds (lb) > 2 ounces (oz)
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4 quarts ____ 2 pints
4 quarts > 2 pints
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25 cm ___ 5 m
25 cm < 5m
Covert to kilograms and grams.
15,805g = ____ kg ____g
15,805g = 15,000g + 805g
15,000g = 15kg
15,805g = 15kg 805g
What is 5 minutes in seconds?
300 seconds
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6 feet ___ 70 inches
6 feet > 70 inches
Ariana has 4 pounds 3 ounces of flour. Her neighbor lends her another 2 pounds of flour. How much flour, in ounces, does Ariana have in all?
She has 99 ounces of flour.
Convert. Show your work.
21 qt = ____ c
1 quart = 4 cups
21 qt = 21 x 4 c
21 qt = 84 c
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4 m 56 cm = ____ cm
1 m = 100 cm
4 m = 400 cm
4 m 56 cm = 400 cm + 56 cm
= 456 cm
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17,274 mL ____ 17 L 247 mL
17,274 mL > 17 L 247 mL
Convert to seconds.
12 minutes = ___ seconds
1 minute = 60 seconds
12 x 60 = 720 seconds
Ms.Smith made 8 bags. She used 7/10 yard of cloth to make each bag. How much cloth, in yards, did Ms.Smith use to make all 8 bags?
5 3/5 Yards of cloth used to make 8 bags
Convert. Show your work.
13 lb = ____ oz
13 lb = 13 x 16 oz
13 lb = 208 oz
Express 5 cups in fluid ounces.
Show your work.
1 cup= 8 fl oz
5 cups = 5 x 8 fl oz
5 cups = 40 fl oz
Express 2 kilometers 50 meters in meters.
Show your work.
1 km = 1,000 m
2 km = 1,000 x 2 m
2 km = 2,000m
2 km 50m = 2,000m + 50m
2 km 50m = 2,050m
Convert to liters and milliliters.
79,064 mL = ____ L
1 L = 1,000 mL
79,064 mL = 79,000 mL + 64 mL
79,000 mL = 79 L
79,064 mL = 79 L 64 mL
Convert from 12-hour clock to 24-hour clock (military time).
7:50pm = ____
7:50pm = 1950
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2 miles = _____ yards
2 miles = 2 x 1760 yard
2 miles = 3,520 yards
Alex bought 4 apples. Each apple weighed 1/4 pound. He also bought a watermelon that weighed 3 pounds. What was the total weight of the fruit Alex bought?
Show your work and write your answer in a complete sentence.
1 apple = 1/4 pound
4 apples = 1/4 + 1/4 +1/4 + 1/4 = 4/4 = 1 pound
watermelon + 4 apples= total weight
3 pounds + 1 pound = 4 pounds
The total weight of the fruit that Alex bought was 4 pounds.
Express 42 quarts 3 pints in pints.
Show your work.
1 quart = 2 pints
42 quarts = 42 x 2 pints
42 quarts = 84 pints
42 quarts 3 pints = 84 pints + 3 pints
42 quarts 3 pints = 87 pints
A plane flies 2,790 meters above the ground. How high is the above the ground? Show your answer in kilometers and meter. Show your work and write your answer in a complete sentence.
2,790m = 2,000m + 790m
2,000m = 2 km
2 km + 790 m = 2km 790m
The plan is 2 kilometers 790 meters above the ground.
A monkey weighs 5,364 grams. An antelope weighs 19 kilograms 968 grams. What is the total mass of the monkey and the antelope. Give your answer in Kilograms and Grams. Show your work and write a complete sentence.
1 kg = 1,000 grams
19 kg = 19,000 grams
19 kg 968 grams = 19,000 + 968 = 19,968 grams
19,968 g + 5,364 = 25,332 grams
25,000g = 25 kg
25k 332g
The total mass of both animals was 25 kilograms 332 grams.
A musical was 2 hours 15 minutes long. It ended at 10:45pm. What time did the musical start?
Show your work and write a complete sentence.
10:45pm - 15 min = 10:30pm
10:30pm - 2 hours = 8:30pm
The musical started at 8:30pm
Taylor measures the length of two ribbons, Ribbon A and Ribbon B. The length of Ribbon A is 2 feet. The length of Ribbon B is 28 inches. Which ribbon is shorter? Explain.
Show your work and write your answer in a complete sentence.
1 ft= 12 in
2 ft = 12 x 2in
2 ft = 24 in
Ribbon A is 24 inches long, so Ribbon A is shorter than Ribbon B.
An empty bus weighs 16 tons.
A. What is the weight of the bus in pounds?
3 giraffes and 2 lions board the bus. Each giraffe weighs 120 pounds and each lion weighs 85 pounds.
B. What is the total weight of the bus and the animals in pounds.
A. 1 T = 2,000 lb
16 Tons = 16 x 2,000 lb
16 Tons = 32,000 lb
The bus weighs 32,000 lb.
B. 1 giraffe = 120 lb
3 giraffes = 120 x 3 = 360 lb
1 lion = 85lb
2 lions = 85 x 2 = 170 lb
32,000 lb + 360 lb + 170 lb= 32,530 lb
The total weight of the bus and the animals is 32,530lb.
There are 40 pints of water in Tank A. There are 28 quarts of water in Tank B.
Kyle says that Tank A contains more water than Tank B because 40 is more than 28.
Do you agree with Kyle? Explain.
Show your work and Write your answer in a complete sentence.
Tank A = 40 pints
Tank B = 28 quarts
1 quart = 2 pints
28 quarts = 28 x 2 pints
28 quarts = 56 pints = Tank B
56 pints > 40 pints
Tank B > Tank A
Kyle is incorrect because he did not compare the amount of water in both tanks using the same unit of measurement. Tank B contains more water than Tank A.
Briana jogged 1,802 meters to the park. She then took a short cut and walked 912 meters home. What is the distance Briana jogged and walked altogether in kilometers and meters?
1 km = 1,000 m
1,802m + 912m = 2,714m
2,714m = 2,000m + 714m
2,000m = 2 km
2,714m = 2 km 714 m
Altogether she jogged and walked 2 kilometers 714 meters.
The capacity of a bucket is 13 liters 500 milliliters. The volume of the water in the pail was 6,324 milliliters. How much more water is needed to fill the bucket completely? Give your answer in milliliters.
Show your work and write a complete sentence.
13 L 500 mL = 13,000 mL + 500 mL = 13,500 mL
13,500 mL - 6,324 mL = 7,176 mL
The amount of water needed to fill the bucket completely is 7,176 milliliters.
Brian wanted to catch a 9:00pm show at home. He left his office at 6:50pm. He walked for 15 minutes to the train station. He then spent 1 hour 5 minutes on the train before walking another 20 minutes to reach home.
Was Brian home in time to catch his show? Explain.
Show your work and Write a complete sentence.
Left office - 6:50pm
Walked to the train station (15 mins) - 6:50pm + 10 minutes= 7:00pm + 5 minutes= 7:05pm
Time on the train (1 hr 5 mins)- 7:05 pm + 1 hour = 8:05pm + 5 minutes = 8:10pm
Time walking home from the train (20 mins)- 8:10pm + 20 minutes = 8:30pm
Yes, Brian will be home on time to catch the show. He will be home at 8:30pm.