Metric Conversions
What is the acronymn used to help solve metric conversion problems?
King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk.
pgs. 84-85 in journal
Tyrone's birthday gift weighs 128 ounces. What is the weight of the gift in pounds? What method are you using to solve this?
8 pounds
Fencepost method
pg. 86-87 plus the STAAR Chart in the journal
On the board in a math class there are four blue cicles, three orange squares, and two green triangles.
What is the ratio of cirlces to all shapes? Write it in all three formats in which a ratio can be written.
4 to 9
4:9
4/9
pgs. 88-89 in journals
What are the two methods we can use to solve for a missing number in a proportion?
1. Factor method (multiplying or dividing the same number on top and bottom of the ratio to find the missing number)
2. Baseball Method
pgs. 90-91 in journal
What is the formula used for Percent of a Number problems?
% = Part
100 Total
pgs. 96-97 in journal
What are the 3 base units in metric conversions?
Meter, Liter, Grams
pgs. 84-85 in journal
24 cups = ______ quarts
6 quarts
pgs. 86-87 and STAAR chart in journal
During a school field trip, Max saw 12 zebras and 36 birds. What is the ratio of zebras to birds that Max saw?
1:3 becase he saw 3 times as many birds as zebras
[ original ratio is 12:36 and then we simplify down to 1:3]
pgs. 88-89 in journal
For an upcoming school trip, there needs to be 4 adults for every 20 students. How many adults will be needed if 80 students go on the trip?
16 adults
pgs. 92-93 in journal (almost identical to the last example in the notes).
In a percent of a number word problem, the word is connects to the ______ and the word of connects to the ________.
Is connects to the part and the word of connects to the total.
pgs. 96-97 in journal
72 cm = ________ km
.00072 km
pgs. 84-85 in journal
4 yards = ______ inches
144 inches
pgs. 86-87 and STAAR chart in journal
A Train travels 40 miles in 2 hours. What is the unit rate at which the train travels in one hour?
20 miles per hour
pgs. 90-95 (proportions or unit rate notes could be used to solve this)
The ratio of the number of children to the number of adults in the French club is 7 to 6. There are 84 adults in the French Club. How many children are in the French club?
98 children in the French club.
pgs. 90-93 in journals
There are a total of 60 squares on a grid. 36 of the squares are shaded. What percentage of the model is shaded? What is the formula you used to solve this problem?
60%
% = P
100 T
pgs. 96-97 in journal
1.23 L = ______mL
1,230 mL
pgs. 84-84 in journal
1 mile = ______ feet
5,280 ft
pgs. 86-87 and STAAR chart in journal
The ratio of cups to quarts is 4 to 1. which of the following shows an equivalent ratio of 12 cups to quarts?
12:3
C- 4 8 12
Q- 1 2 3
Pg. 89 in journal (Multiplication example of equivalent ratios in the notes)
Vanessa and Jiang are partners in a business. Vanessa makes $2 in profits for every $5 that Jiang makes. If Jiang makes $260 in profits on the first item they sell, how much profit does Vanessa Make?
$104.00 in profits for Vanessa.
pgs. 92-93 in journal
What is 22% of 75?
16.5 is 22% of 75.
pgs. 96-97 in journal
87 kg = _____ mg
87,000,000 mg
pgs. 84-85 in journal
3 gallons = _______ fluid ounces
384 fluid ounces
pgs. 86-87 and STAAR chart in journal
If you could buy 3 bags of chips for $5.00, what would be the cost for buying 5 bags of chips?
$8.35
First find the unit rate: $1.67 per bag of chips (1.66... rounds to 1.67)
Then multiply unit rate by 5 to get your answer.
pgs. 94-95 in journal
Lianna charges an hourly rate for reparing computers. Below shows the amounts Lianna charged for different numbers of hourse she worked.
Hours: 3 4.5 5 9
Charge: 67.50 101.25 112.50 X
Based on the data, what is the value of X, the amount Lianna would charge for a computer repair that takes 9 hours?
$202.50
pgs. 90-93 in journal
____ is 72% of 150.
108 is 72% of 150.
pgs. 96-97