Converting Measurements

Mrs. Aleman needs 36 pints of spaghetti sauce for a school spaghetti supper.  At the grocery store spaghetti sauce is sold in quarts.  How many quarts of spaghetti sauce does Mrs. Aleman need?
** 1 qt = 2 pt **

• 9 qt

• 12 qt

• 72 qt

• 18 qt

Mrs. Patton's baby weighs 10 pounds 2 ounces. Mrs. Mishima's baby weighs 7 pounds 9 ounces. How many more ounces does Mrs. Patton's baby weigh than Mrs. Mishima's baby?
**1 pound = 16 ounces**

• 48 oz

• 41 oz

• 23 oz

• 16 oz

Convert 5 ft 10 in. to inches.

• 70 inches

• 42 inches

• 80 inches

• 55 inches

Convert 6.205 km to meters.
** 1 km = 1,000 m **

• 62.05

• 620.5

• 6,205

• 62,050

A dictionary weighs 2 kilograms.  What is the weight of the dictionary in grams?

• 20 g

• 200 g

• 2,000 g

• 20,000 g

Convert 320 fl oz to cups
** 1 cup = 8 fl oz. **

• 2,560 c

• 24 c

• 30 c

• 40 c

Convert 9 L to mL
** 1 liter = 1,000 milliliters **

• 900 mL

• 90 mL

• 9,000 mL

• 90,000 mL

Ms. Godines bought 80 ounces of seeds to plant in her garden for her wedding.  How many pounds of seeds did she buy?
** 1 lb = 16 oz. **

• 5 1⁄2 lb

• 4 lb

• 4 1⁄2 lb

• 5 lb

99 feet = ___ yards?

• 33 yards

• 11 yards

• 297 yards

• 99 yards

When you convert from a smaller unit to a larger unit you should use which operation?

• multiplication

• division

• subtraction

• multiplicadditionsubtraction