Metric and Customary Unit Conversion

Instructions call for 96 feet of wood to build a model.

Tobey knows that 1 foot equals 12 inches.

How many inches of wood does he actually need??

How many pounds are in a ton?

Kyle measured the length of his truck and it was 534 centimeters long. How many meters long is his truck? (1 meter = 100 centimeters)

• 5.34 meters

• 53.4 meters

• 5,340 meters

• 0.0534 meters

Mitchell raced Jeremiah at recess. They both ran a total of 450 meters. How many centimeters did they run? (1 meter = 100 centimeters)

• 45,000 cm

• 450,000 cm

• 4,500 cm

• .45 cm

Mrs. O'Hare ordered 58 pounds of chocolate to sell at school. How many ounces of chocolate did Mrs. O'Hare order? (1 lb = 16 oz)

• 3.625 oz

• 928 oz

How many milliliters are in 13 liters? (1 liter = 1,000 milliliters)

• 0.013 mL

• 130 mL

• 1,300 mL

• 13,000 mL

Doug bought 14 pints of apple juice. There are 2 cups in each pint. How many cups of apple juice did Doug buy?

• 28 cups

• 7 cups

• 21 cups

• 7 cups

The Science lab had 2,300 milligrams of salt to use for a science experiment. How many grams of salt did the Science lab have? (1 g = 1,000 mg)

• 2,300,000 grams

• 2.3 grams

• 23 grams

• 230 grams

Jimmy jogged for a total of 6.8 miles last week. How many feet did Jimmy jog last week? (1 mile = 5,280 feet)

• 35,804 feet

• 35,376 feet

• 3,590 feet

• 35,904 feet

34 kg = _____g

• 340 g

• 3,400 g

• 34,000 g

• 340,000 g