Working with units

A mining company digs 75 kilograms of silver. They plan to use 1 gram of silver in each special coin they make. How many grams are equivalent to 75 kilograms? (1 kilogram = 1 000 grams)

• 75,000 grams

• 7,500 grams

• 0.75 grams

• 0.075 grams

Tyra opened a new bag of birdseed and filled 3 bird feeders. She put 2,500 grams of birdseed into each feeder. There were 1,500 grams of birdseed left in the bag. What was the mass of the bag of birdseed in kilograms before Tyra opened it?

• 4 kg

• 4,000 kg

• 9 kg

• 9,000 kg

Solve this application using the conversion chart and by scaling up or scaling down.

Isaiah is making dinner for his family. The recipe he is using calls for 0.5

kilogram for ground chicken. How many grams of ground chicken does he need?

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181 oz =
_____ lb ______ oz

• 11 lbs 5 oz
• 12 lbs  0 oz
• 12 lbs  5 oz
• 180 lbs  0 oz

A casserole recipes calls for 4 ounces of cheese. Adrian wants to use 1/2 of the amount of cheese in his casseroles. How many pounds of cheese will he need to make 28 casseroles with his revised recipe?

• 1.4 lbs

• 0.875 lbs

• 3.5 lbs

• 14 lbs

A truck is carrying 10,000 pounds of supplies. How may tons of supplies is the truck carrying? (1 ton = 2,000 pounds)

• 20,000 tons

• 5 tons

• 5,000 tons

• 20 tons

A bag of sugar has a weight of 6.3 kg. There are 2.2 pounds in 1 kg. What is the weight in pounds?

• 2.86

• 12.96

• 15.82

• 13.86

Kate bought 10 ounces of dried banana, 20 ounces of raisins, and 18 ounces of nuts to make trail mix. How many pounds of trail mix will Kate make?

• 3.5 pounds

• 2.5 pounds

• 2 pounds

• 3 pounds

An elephant's brain weighs 11 pounds, while a human's brain weighs 48 ounces. How many more ounces does an elephant's brain weigh than a human's brain?

• 37 ounces
• 128 ounces
• 4 ounces
• 592 ounces

Convert 2.3 tons per year to pounds per hour.

• 1.05lb/hr

• 0.53lb/hr

• 0.75lb/hr

• 1.53lb/hr