Mass Conversion Word Problems

A bead shop sells their tiniest beads by the pound. A new shipment of beads weighing 2 pounds is divided into 8 equal sized bags.How many ounces of beads are in each bag?

• 12 ounces

• 4 ounces

• 32 ounces

• 2 ounces

A nickle has a mass of 5 grams while a penny has a mass of 2.5 grams. What is the mass in kilograms of a bag of coins containing 186 nickles and 72 pennies?

• 548.5 kg

• 0.816 kg

• 1.935 kg

• 1.11 kg

Ryland has 3 1/2 gallons of syrup. How many quarts of maple syrup does Ryland have?

• 28 quarts

• 3 1/8 quarts

• 14 quarts

• 12 quarts

Mrs. Louden is selling Feastables. Each candy bar in a box has a mass of 2 ounces, and the box itself weighs 4 ounces. If there are 14 candy bars in the box, what is its total mass in pounds?

• 2 pounds

• 1 12/16 pounds

• 32 pounds

• 28 pounds

• 590

• 59,000

• 5,900

• 590,000

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How many grams are equivalent to 102 milligrams?

• 10.2 mg

• 1.02 mg

• .102 mg

• .0102 mg

Which measurement would you use to measure the following?
your mass

• centimeters

• liters

• kilograms

• milliliters

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Ms. Jones has bags of flour to bake a cake. The total mass of the bags of flour is 3 kilograms. Ms. Jones takes out one bag that has a mass of 250 grams and another bag that has a mass of 675 grams. What is the mass in grams of the flour left in the bags? Remember 1 kilogram = 1,000 grams.

• 2,075 grams

• 925 grams

• 2,775 grams

• 755 grams