Conversion Relationships
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking
Metric length conversions
Customary length conversions
100

The number of millimeters in 1 centimeter

What is 10?

100

What would you measure a football field with

What is yards?

100
When Janessa made her paper chain that was 7 feet 8 inches long, the length of the entire chain in INCHES was _____.
What is 92 inches?
100

1 yard = ___ inches

What is 36 inches?

100
This is the number of inches equivalent to 40 feet.
What is 480 inches?
200
This many inches make us 1 foot.
What is 12 inches?
200
This prefix used in metric units means "1/100" (one-hundredth)
What is centi-?
200
The distance from Cason Lane Academy to the movie theatre is 1.2 miles. The distance to the movie theatre in FEET is _____.
What is 6,336 feet?
200
___ cm = 8 kilometers
What is 800,000 cm?
200
This is the number of yards in nine miles.
What is 15,840 yards?
300
____ miles= 1,320 feet
What is .25 miles?
300
The system of measurement that the United States uses; the basic unit of this system is feet.
What is the Customary System?
300
The distance from the art room to the lunch room is 99 feet. How many yards is this?
What is 33 yards?
300
_____ millimeters = 20 centimeters
What is 200 millimeters?
300
____ miles= 1,320 feet
What is .25 miles?
400

How many feet in 2 miles?

What is 10,560?

400
These allow us to measure or refer to the same amount of length using different units of measurement.
What are conversion relationships?
400

Jeremiah's mother runs 8 laps a day around the community track. Each lap is .25 miles. How many yards does Jeremiah's mother run per week?

What is 24,640 yards?

400
___ kilometers = 50 meters
What is .05 (five-hundredths OR 5/100)?
400
The length of a football field is 100 yards OR ____ inches.
What is 3,600 inches?
500
____ cm= 8 kilometers
What is 800,000 cm?
500

A change in the FORM of a measurement, such as different units, without a change in the actual size or amount.

What is a conversion?

500
Ms. Whobrey lives 8,800 yards away from school. How many miles away from school does Ms. Whobrey live?
What is 5 miles?
500
Abdul swims 13 kilometers per week. What is the total number of METERS Abdul swims in 3 weeks?
What is What is 39,000 meters?
500
When Eliza ran 285,120 inches during her soccer game, she ran THIS MANY miles.
What is 4.5 miles?