One-Step Metric Conversions
Rounding Problems
Identifying Units
Mr. Vega
100
A notebook is 10 inches long. How many centimeters is that?
(1 inch = 2.54 cm)
25.4 cm
100
Round 12.46 to the nearest tenth.
12.5
100
You convert 24 inches using 1 inch=2.54cm. After converting, what is the unit of your answer?
Centimeters (cm)
100
What is Mr. Vega's favorite bag of chips?
200
A bottle holds 2 liters of soda. How many milliliters is that?
(1 L = 1000 mL)
2000 mL
200
Round 8.237 to the nearest hundredth.
8.24
200
You change 3 liters of juice into milliliters using 1 L = 1000 mL. What is the unit of your answer?
Milliliters (mL)
200
In the 6 times Mr. Vega has gone fishing, how many fish has he caught?
0
300
You jog 5 kilometers in the morning. How many miles did you run?
(1 mile = 1.609 km)
3.11 miles
300
Round 5.67894 to the nearest thousandth.
5.679
300
You convert 8 miles using 1 mile = 1.609 km. After converting, what is the unit of your answer?
Kilometers (km)
300
What is Mr. Vega's favorite soccer team?
Manchester City
400
Your playlist is 7,200 seconds long. How many hours of music is that?
2 hours
400
Round 43.875 to the nearest tenth.
43.9
400
You change 7200 seconds using 3600 sec = 1 hr. What is the unit of your answer?
Hours (hr)
400
What was Mr. Vega's worst subject in High School? (Math, History, English, or Science?)
English
500
A car’s fuel tank holds 12 gallons of gas. How many quarts is that?
(1 gallon = 4 quarts)
48 quarts
500
Round 0.00648 to the nearest thousandth.
0.006
500
You convert 5 gallons using 1 gallon = 4 quarts. What is the unit of your answer?
Quarts (qt)
500
If Mr. Vega had to teach another subject besides science, what would it be?
History