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100

1 km= ____m

1,000 m

100

1 L = ____ ml

1,000

100

200 m + 200 m = _________ m

400 m

100

Mrs. Ashby walks her pet alligator for 12,000 m every day. Then, she walks her pet elephant for 2 km.  How many meters does Mrs. Ashby walk her pets each day?

She walks her pets 14,000 m each day.

100

Luke gets home from football practice at 7:00. He needs to go to bed by 9:00. How much time does Luke have after practice before he needs to go to bed?

 Luke has 2 hours or 120 minutes before he needs to go to bed. 

200

25,000 g = ______ kg

25 Kg

200

9 Km= _________ m

9,000 m

200

25, 482 ml + 65,234 ml = ______________ml

90, 716 ml

200

Ms. DiCicco and Ms. Beard love working out! On Monday Ms. DiCicco's workout totaled a distance of 19 km. Ms. Beard's workout totaled 16,000 meters. How many meters or total distance did Ms. DiCicco and Ms. Beard workout for?

Ms. DiCicco and Ms. Beard together worked out for a distance of 35,000 meters or 35 km. 

200

Mrs. Raines left work at 4:15. She needs to stop at the food store and pick her son up from baseball practice on her way home. She arrives to her house at 8:00. How much time passed from when she left work, until she arrived home?

By the time Mrs. Raines arrived home, 3 hours and 45 minutes or 225 minutes.

300

23 Km 675= ______________m

23,675 m

300

16 kg 2 g= ____________ g

16,002 g

300

562 kg 43 g - 24 kg 27 g = _______________

538 kg 16 g    OR   538,016 g

300

Ayana and Chelsea are arguing about who has run the most at practice this week.  If Ayana ran 25 km , and Chelsea ran 21,535 m, who ran the most?  And how much more did she run?

Ayana ran the most. She ran 3,465 meters more than  Chelsea.

300

Ms. Deegler wakes up at 5 am to get ready for work. By the time she gets home from work, it is 6:47. How much time passed in her day before she got home from work.

13 hours and 47 minutes

400

987 L 1 ml= _________________ ml

987,001 ml

400

435 kg 23 g= _________________g

435,023 g

400

345 kg 678 g + 123 kg 456 g= _________________

469, 134 g    OR    469 kg 134 g

400

Mrs. Raines drinks coffee every day. She wants to take coffee with her to the zoo field trip. Each morning she drinks 32,000 ml of coffee. In the afternoon, she drinks 55,000 ml of coffee. Would all of her coffee fit into a 2L container to bring to the zoo? Explain your thinking.

No her coffee would not fit. It would not fit because the container can only hold 2 L or 2,000 ml and her coffee totals 87 L or 87,000 ml.

400

Mr. Wolfe loves to cook! He is cooking two recipes for his family. His first recipe requires 12 kg of food. His second recipe requires 27 kg of food. He wanted to put all his food into serving dishes that hold up to 40,000 grams of food. Will all of his food fit? Explain your thinking.

Yes, because his food weighs a total of 39,000 grams or 39 Kg and the serving dishes hold up to 40,000 grams or 40 kg, so there would still be room. 

500

398, 132 g = ______ Kg _______g

398 Kg 132 g

500

202, 001 m= _______km _______m 

202 Km 1 m

500

432 km 22 m - 89 km 15 m= __________________

343,007 m     OR   343 km 7 m

500

Mr. Wolfe has been training for his bike race and has been losing some weight. Two weeks ago he lost 1 kilogram 235 grams. Last week and this week he has lost 2 kilograms 145 grams. Mr. Wolfe now weighs 82 kilograms 325 grams. What was his weight in grams, before he started training?  Explain your thinking.

His weight before training was 87 kg 850 g OR      87, 850 grams. 


Students should explain how they figured it out. 

500

5 L = ___________________ml

8,000 ml= _______________L

35 L 154 ml= _______________ ml

862,065 ml= ________ L _________ ml

5,000 ml

8 L

35,154 ml

862 L 65 ml