General Units
What is the smallest unit listed...kilometer, meter, millimeter, or centimeter
millimeter
How many donuts are in 3 dozen?
36 donuts :)
How many seconds are in one minute?
How many grams are in 2 kilograms?
2000 grams
400 centimeters
How many centimeters are in ONE meter?
100
How many quarters are in $5.75?
23 Quarters :)
How many hours are in 240 minutes?
4 hours
240 minutes x 1hour/60minutes
What has more mass... 3.2kg or 33,000 grams
33,000 grams is bigger
How many meters are in 4,500 millimeters?
4.5 meters
What is bigger... 100 centimeters or 2000 millimeters?
2000 millimeters is bigger!
2000 millimeters = 2 meters
100 cm = 1 meter
$24.50
$3.50 x 7
Our class is 85 minutes long. How many seconds is this?
5100 seconds
3.2kg
3,200,000 milligrams x 1 gram/1000 mg x 1 kg/1000 grams
Each step you take is about .3 meters. If you take 450 steps to get to class, how many meters have you walked?
135 meters
Place the following in order from LARGEST first to smallest last. gram, centigram, kilogram, and milligram.
kilogram, gram, centigram, milligram
Mr. McPartlin's son, Ira, goes through 8 diapers per day. Each diaper costs about $.20. How much money is Mr. McP going to spend on diapers for a whole year?
$584.00
8 x .20 x 365
How many seconds are in one hour?
3600 seconds
1 hour x 60 minutes/hour x 60 seconds/minute
Mr. McP's mass is 79.4kg. How many grams is this?
794,000 grams
79.4 kg x 1000 grams/kg
A pool is 25 yards and there are .91 meters in a yard. The longest race in high school swimming is 500 yards. How many meters is this?
455 meters!
500yards x .91meters/yard
How many millimeters are in one centimeter?
10
A student walks to Dunkin' every day for a quick lunch. Each day the student gets a bagel for $3.25 and a latte for $4.75. How much is this student spending over the whole school year if there are 210 days of school?
$1,680.00
3.25+4.75 x 210
Mr. McPartlin has been alive for 32 years. How many minutes is that?
16,819,200 minutes
32 years x 365 days/year x 24 hours/day x 60 min/hour.
A blue whale weighs 90 tons. A ton is 2000lbs. How many kilograms does a blue whale weigh if there are 2.2 kilograms in one pound?
396,000 kg
90 x 2000 x 2.2
How many millimeters are in 2,345 centimeters?
23,450 millimeters