Customary Conversions Word Problems

On Thursday afternoon, the school cafeteria served 16 gallons of juice during lunch. How many pints of juice were served?

• 32 pints

• 128 pints

• 64 pints

• 1000 pints

A box weighs 8 ounces. A shipment of boxes weighs 7 pounds. How many boxes are in the shipment?

• 15 boxes

• 14 boxes

Jake is making waffles. His recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, but Jake can not find the measuring cups anywhere. The only measuring spoon he can find is for 1 ounce. How many ounces of sugar will Jake need to make the waffles?

• 16 ounces

• 8 ounces

• 1 ounce

• 20 ounces

If Delilah is 5 feet tall, how tall is she in inches?

• 5 inches

• 17 inches

• 60 inches

• 90 inches

A farmer has a bale of hay with a mass of 36 kilograms. How many grams of hay are in the bale?

• 36,000 grams

• 360 grams

• 0.36 grams

• 3,600 grams

Mrs. Richardson is 5 feet 6 inches tall. How tall is she in just inches?

• 66 inches

• 60 inches

• 56 inches

• 50 inches

Mrs. Souza wants to buy 2 gallons of milk but can only find quart containers for sale. How many quarts does she need?

• 8 quarts

• 16 quarts

• 4 quarts

• 2 quarts

There are 16 ounces in one pound. How many ounces are in one ton?

• 12,000

• 22,000

• 32,000

• 52,000

John is building a fence that is 6 yards long.  How many feet of fence should he buy?  

• 18

• 12

• 24

• 36

A cafeteria manager buys 25 gallons of milk. She wants to store the milk in quart containers. How many quart containers does she need? (1 gallon = 4 quarts)

• 40 quarts

• 100 quarts

• 400 quarts

• 10 quarts