Converting Units for mass and capacity
Mass and Capacity Word Problems
Converting Units for length
Metric
Choosing Units of Measure
100
The number of ounces in 1 pound.
What are 16?
100
Jessie wants to serve punch at her party. She invited 25 friends to the party and expects each friend to drink 2 cups of punch. How many ounces of fruit punch will her friends drink in all?
What is 400 ounces?
100
The number of feet in a yard.
What is 3 feet?
100

1 kilogram= ________ grams 

What is 1,000 grams

100
What is the appropriate unit of measure for measuring the distance around our school building? Feet, cubic feet, square feet, or miles?
What is feet?
200
The number of pounds in 1 ton.
What is 2,000?
200
Kim needs to measure a quart of water to make some juice. She has 2 different size measuring containers. Container A holds one cup and Container B holds one pint. Which container will she have to fill the fewest times to measure the water she needs?
What is container B?
200
The number of inches in a yard.
What is 36 inches?
200

1 gram=______milligrams

What is 1,000 milligrams?

200
Which would be measured in square inches? The amount of juice in a can, the height of a flag pole, the area of a CD case, the length of a pencil?
What is the area of a CD case?
300
The number of quarts in 1 gallon.
What is 4 quarts?
300
If each elephant weighs 1,500 pounds, how many tons do 8 elephants weigh?
What is 6 tons?
300
The number of inches in 10 feet?
What is 120 inches.
300

100 centimeters=_______ meters

What is 1 meter?

300
Sheila bought a new hamster cage. Which unit of measure would be used to describe the volume of the hamster cage? Cubic inches, yards, square inches, or square feet?
What is cubic inches?
400
The number of pints in a quart?
What is 2 pints?
400
A truck weighs 3 tons. How many pounds does the truck weigh?
What is 6,000 pounds?
400
The number of feet in a mile.
What is 5,280 feet?
400

Zelda ran 10.5 kilometers. Annie ran 11,000 meters. Who ran the greatest distance?

Annie ran father. 

400
Which unit of measure would be used to measure the area of the bottom of a pan? Inch, foot, square inch, or cubic foot?
What is square inch?
500
The number of cups in a gallon?
What is 16 cups?
500
Mellat is packing toys into boxes for young children. She packs 8 toys into a box. Each toy weighs 12 ounces. How many pounds do the toys in the box weigh?
What is 6 pounds?
500
The number of yards in a mile?
What is 1,760 yards?
500

 Emma poured 2 liters of soda into a pitcher. Which container below has a greater capacity than Emma’s pitcher of soda? 

a) a 2,000 milliliter bottle of water

b) a 3,000 milliliter bottle of water


b) a 3,000 milliliter bottle of water

500
Which unit of measure would be used to find the weight of a 10 year old child?
What is pounds?