Metric Conversion Word Problem

How many liters are equivalent to 3,200 milliliters?

• 0.032 liter

• 0.32 liter

• 3.2 liters

• 32 liters

Which measure is not equivalent to the others?

• 0.0008 kilometer

• 0.8 meter

• 80 centimeters

• 0.008 millimeter

Zoe works in a bakery. She uses 250 milliliters of milk to make a loaf of bread. How many liters of milk will she need to make 15 loaves of bread?

• 3.75 liters

• 37.5 liters

• 375 liters

• 3,750 liters

There were 4 liters of water in a pitcher. Eight glasses were filled with 325 milliliters of water. How much water remains in the pitcher?

• 0.4 liter

• 0.6 liter

• 1.4 liters

• 2.6 liters

If a chocolate bar weighs 50 grams, how many kilograms does 20 chocolate bars weigh?

• 1 kilogram

• 0.1 kilograms

• 10 kilograms

• 0.01 kilograms

Answer explanation

To find the total weight of 20 chocolate bars, multiply the weight of one bar (50g) by the number of bars (20), then convert the total weight to kilograms (50g * 20 / 1000 = 1kg). Therefore, 20 chocolate bars weigh 1 kilogram.

A bottle contains 1.5 liters of soda. How many milliliters of soda does the bottle contain?

• 150 milliliters

• 1500 milliliters

• 15 milliliters

• 15000 milliliters

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 1500 milliliters because 1 liter is equal to 1000 milliliters, so 1.5 liters is equal to 1500 milliliters.

Main street is 2.6 miles long. There are 13 sets of stop signs on Main street, each the same distance apart. How many meters apart are the stop signs?

• 20 meters

• 50 meters

• 200 meters

• 500 meters

Each day, Lauren jogs for 25 minutes on a treadmill. She jogs 135 meters each minute. How many kilometers will Lauren jog in 25 minutes?

• 3,375 kilometers

• 3.375 kilometers

• 625 kilometers

• 337.5 kilometers

Each morning Paul rides 500m on an

exercise bike. How many kilometers

does he ride in one week?

• 3.5 km

• 3500 km

• 3,500,000 km

• 35 km

I make 2.5kg of popcorn and eat 750g of it while watching a movie. How much popcorn do I have left in decigrams?

• 1250 dg

• 125,000 dg

• 12,500 dg

• 125 dg