Measurement Conversions: Multi-Step Word Problems for 5th Grade

A recipe calls for 2 liters of water. If you only have a 500 milliliter measuring cup, how many cups do you need to fill the recipe?

• 4 cups

• 2 cups

• 5 cups

• 3 cups

You have a piece of ribbon that is 150 centimeters long. You want to cut it into pieces that are each 30 centimeters long. How many pieces can you cut?

• 6

• 4

• 5

• 3

A car travels 120 kilometers on a trip. If you want to know how many meters that is, how many meters did the car travel?

• 100 kilometers

• 1200 meters

• 150000 meters

• 120000 meters

You are baking cookies and need 3 cups of flour. If you only have a 1.5-liter container, how many liters of flour do you need to fill the container?

• 2 liters

• 1.5 liters

• 0.709764 liters

• 0.5 liters

A swimming pool holds 2,500 liters of water. If you want to fill it with a hose that delivers 50 liters per minute, how long will it take to fill the pool?

• 75 minutes

• 50 minutes

• 30 minutes

• 100 minutes

You have a 5-gallon bucket. How many liters of water can it hold if 1 gallon is approximately 3.785 liters?

• 15 liters

• 20 liters

• 18.925 liters

• 10 gallons

A marathon is 42 kilometers long. How many meters is that?

• 43000 meters

• 40000 meters

• 42000 meters

• 4200 meters

You are measuring a room that is 12 feet long and 10 feet wide. What is the area of the room in square meters if 1 foot is approximately 0.3048 meters?

• 9.290

• 12.000

• 10.764

• 11.148

A bottle contains 1.5 liters of juice. If you pour it into 250 milliliter cups, how many cups can you fill?

• 10

• 8

• 6

• 4

You need to travel 300 miles to visit a friend. If you want to know how many kilometers that is, how many kilometers will you travel?

• 482.803

• 300 kilometers

• 450 kilometers

• 500 kilometers