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Converting Units for mass and capacity
Mass and Capacity Word Problems
Converting Units for length
Area and Perimeter
Choosing Units of Measure
100

The number of ounces in 8 pounds.

What are 128 ounces?

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 9 yards.

What is 27 feet?

100
A rectangular field has a length of 10 feet and a width of 3 feet. What is the area of the field?
What is 30 square feet?
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 5 yards.

What is 180 inches?

200
Karen in putting ribbon around the outside of a card. She needs 7 inches for the width and 5 inches for the length of the card. How many inches of ribbon will Karen need to go all the way around the outside of the card?
What is 24 inches?
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 10 gallons.

What is 40 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 35 feet?

What is 420 inches.

300
If the perimeter of a square is 48 cm, what is the length of each side?
What is 12 inches?
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 20 quarts?

What is 40 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  27 miles.

What is 142,560 feet?

400
What is the width of a rectangle that has a length of 6 feet and an area of 60 square feet?
What is 10 feet?
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  165 gallons?

What is 2,640 cups?

500

9 inches of ribbons are needed for wrapping each present.  How many presents can be wrapped wit 6 yards of ribbons?

What is 24 presents?

500

Eric's kite spool had 100 yards of string.  At first, he let out 50 feet of string.  Then, the kite rose another 16 yards.  How much string was left on the spool?

What is 67 1/3  yards?

500
Christina has a rectangular garden with a perimeter of 36 feet. The fence around it was falling down on one of the short sides (width). If the length of the garden was 10 feet, how many feet of fence did she need to replace the broken side (width) of the garden?
What is 8 feet?
500

There are two trees in a park.  The taller tree is 6 feet 8 inches.  The shorter tree is 6 inches shorter than half the height of the taller tree.  What is the height of the shorter tree?

What is 2 feet 11 inches tall?