Converting Between Measurement Systems - Examples
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- (Video) Conversion Between Feet and Meters by Timothy Palladino Here's a good video by Timothy Palladino showing you how to convert between feet and meters. Summary\large{\text{…
By Alex Federspiel, Victor Wang, Amy Feraco, Jonathan Heller, Caroline K
- Converting Units There are many unit conversions and rates that we know and use every day, probably without thinking about them. If someone asked you to wait 60 seconds60\text{ …
By Hannah Bonville, Alex Federspiel, Jonathan Heller, Caroline K
- Example: Two Methods for Conversion Say you need to convert between units in two measurement systems. You can do this conversion by using ratios! Let's walk through an example o…
By Christine, Alex Federspiel, Jonathan Heller, Caroline K
- Converting Measurements in Word Problems Most of the time, a measurement problem is going to ask you a more involved question than just a conversion. This means that you might h…
By Amy Feraco, Alex Federspiel, Caroline K
- Comparing Quantities with Different Units Sometimes you will be given quantities with different units of measure (e.g. metric units), in different measurement systems (e.g the i…
By Caroline K, Alex Federspiel, Jonathan Heller
Problems 44
- What is the ratio of 555 feet to 666 inches (in reduced form)?
- Which of the following is closest to the number of seconds in 2 years?
- Cooper does a 101010 kilometer run every morning. How many miles is this, rounded to the nearest hundredth? (Note: 111 inch is 2.542.542.54 cm.)
- Currently the exchange rate from a British Pound to a US Dollar is 1 to 1.45. If James has 13 Pounds, how many quarters is that?
- If you know that 1 ounce equals 28.35 grams, find how many kilograms 2 tons weighs. (Note: 1 ton = 2000 pounds, and 1 pound = 16 ounces.)
- Convert 111 mile per hour to meters per second.
- Anna designed a dress that would take 5 yards of fabric to make. If she has 10 bridesmaids in her wedding, how many feet of fabric does she need to make one dress per bridesmaid?
- Steve and Garret have a sled race. Steve's sled goes 20,000 feet. Garret's sled goes 7 kilometers. Who went further?
- Cooper ran 555 kilometers. Steve ran 444 miles. How much farther did Steve run than Cooper?
- One British Pound can be exchanged for 1.451.451.45 US Dollars. Cooper has 202020 Pounds on him. Kevin has 420420420 dimes. To the nearest hundredth, how much does Kevin have co…
- Nate drives 454545 miles per hour. Evan drives 252525 meters per second. What's Nate's speed compared to Evan's?
- A bear eats about 6.356.356.35 kilograms of food a day. Humans eat about 444 pounds of food a day. To the nearest tenth, how much food do bears eat compared to humans?
- The radius of the sun is about 696,000696,000696,000 kilometers. The radius of the Earth is about 3,9593,9593,959 miles. How much bigger is the sun's radius compared to Earth's?
- A ream of paper is approximately two inches thick and contains 500 sheets of paper. Approximately how many sheets of paper would be in a stack that is five inches high?
- The time now is 1 o’clock. The hour hand of the clock will next overlap the minute hand of the clock in mn\frac{m}{n}nm hours, where mmm and nnn are relatively prime positive i…
- You spend 202020 weeks working at your favorite restaurant. You work 777 days a week and 888 hours every day. What is the ratio of hours spent working to hours spent not working…
- A shelf is 414{4}\frac{1}{4}441 feet long. Each item on the shelf is 78\frac{7}{8}87 inches wide. How many whole items will fit on the shelf?
- An African Forest Elephant weighs 6,0006,0006,000 pounds. Given this value, calculate its weight in tons and in ounces.
- Which of the following rates is the fastest?
- Which of the following distances is the longest?
- Which of the following heights is the tallest?
- Brandon runs one mile in 777 minutes and 303030 seconds. Which proportion reveals how long it would take him to run 26,00026,00026,000 feet?
- When Annie travels from Canada to Britain, the exchange rate is 111 British pound =1.63= 1.63=1.63 Canadian dollars. She wants to buy a skirt that costs 323232 British pounds, a…
- Stephen's doctor tells him he weighs 757575 kg. How many pounds does Stephen weigh? Round your answer to the nearest tenth. (Note: 1kg=2.20462 lb1 \text{kg} = 2.20462 \text{ lb}…
- Gina's water bottle holds 16.9 fl oz of liquid. How many pints does it hold? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
- In Buffalo, New York, Dylan measures that it snows 8.58.58.5 inches in one day. To the nearest hundredth, how many centimeters did it snow?
- A car travels at a rate of 373737 km/hr. Convert this rate to cm/min.
- A 222 lb package of rice costs 1.80 dollars. A 303030 oz package of the same rice costs 585858 cents. Which is a better deal?
- Janice does an experiment involving the flight speeds of turkeys versus geese. If she hypothesizes that geese fly at faster rates than turkeys, which of the following measuremen…
- John has a vertical jump of 242424 inches, while Dixon has a vertical jump of 5.45.45.4 decimeters. How much higher does John jump than Dixon? (Note that 111 decimeter =3.937= 3…
- You observe two coyotes run. The second coyote runs 666 km/hr faster than the first. The first runs at a rate of 343434 mi/hr. How fast can the second coyote run?
- Identify the greatest of the values given below. (Note: 31.531.531.5 gallons = 111 barrel)
- A company produces 606060 toys in one hour. If the rival company produces 333 toys every minute, how many times more toys is the rival company producing per hour?
- Identify the heaviest measurement of those given below.
- Maria calculates that if she sends a 4.34.34.3 lb package to Susan in the mail that she wouldn't exceed the shipping company's 656565 oz limit. What is the percent error of her …
- Select the ingredient that requires you to use a 14\frac1441 cup.
- The average length of a tongue is 10 cm. This is measured from the back of the throat to the tip. How many miles long is the average tongue?
- What is the ratio of butter (Fudgy to cakey brownies)? What about dark chocolate, salt and flour?
- If the water from this storm was all collected (and purified), how many people could it support for one week?
- Mike runs at a speed of 5mileshour5 \frac{\text{miles}}{\text{hour}}5hourmiles. Millie runs at a speed of 5km30-minute5 \frac{\text{km}}{\text{30-minute}}530-minutekm. How man…
- Jen finishes her 8-page essay in roughly 5 hours. Let's say there are about 500 words on each page. How long does it take Jen to write 100 words?
- I bought 555 mangoes for 3.63.63.6. How many cents is each mango?
- The local standard speed limit in the city of Toronto is 60kmhr60 \frac{\text{km}}{\text{hr}}60hrkm. If Ian drives at 0.7milesminute0.7 \frac{\text{miles}}{\text{minute}}0.7min…
- Convert 85kmhr85\frac{\text{km}}{\text{hr}}85hrkm to metersecond\frac{\text{meter}}{\text{second}}secondmeter.