Measurement Math Problem Grade 5 Zara Jabin

A measurement of 23,465 mg converted to grams equals g.

1. 2.3465
2. 23.465
3. 234.54
4. 0.23465

Convert 56 kg to grams.

1. 56 g
2. 5.6 g
3. 56,000 g
4. 0.0056 g

0.92 meters converted to millimeters is .

1. 92,000 mm
2. 1.02 m
3. 920 mm
4. 920 km

Convert 560 mg to g.

1. 506 g
2. 0.0056 g
3. 56,000 g
4. 0.56 g

Select the THREE measurement conversions that are correct.

1. 40 cm = 0.4 m
2. 4 m = 400 cm
3. 400 mm = 4 m
4. 4 m = 4,000 mm
5. 0.4 cm = 40 mm

How many grams are in a kilogram?

1. 10
2. 100
3. 1,000
4. 10,000

How many millimeters are in a centimeter?

1. 1
2. 10
3. 100
4. 1000

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During track practice, Avery runs 8 laps around the track. One lap around the track equals 400 meters (m). How
many kilometers (km) did Avery run during practice?

1. 0.32 km
2. 3.2 km
3. 32 km
4. 3,200 km

How many kilograms is 17,000 mg?

1. 0.017
2. 0.17
3. 1.7
4. 17

Which of the following describes how to convert 125 centimeters into millimeters?

1. Divide by 10
2. Divide by 100
3. Multiply by 10
4. Multiply by 100

Which measurement is equal to 15 cm?

1. 0.015 m
2. 1.5 m
3. 150 mm
4. 1500 km

How many millimeters are in a meter?

1. 1
2. 10
3. 100
4. 1000

10 centimeters= millimeters

1. 1
2. 10
3. 100
4. 1,000

How many meters are in 400 centimeters?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 6
4. 8

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Jason was given the job of measuring the wall in the classroom in order to find the center. He was given the choice
of using millimeters, centimeters, or meters when measuring the length. Which unit of measure should Jason use?
meters

Jason used centimeters to find the total length of the wall and it measured 1,200 centimeters. To make it easier,
Jason decided to convert centimeters to meters. How many meters was the length of the wall? 12 meters.

There are 0.3 kilograms of salt in a can of meat. How many grams of salt are in the meat?

1. 3,000 grams
2. 300 grams
3. 30 grams
4. 0.0003 grams

Which of the following describes how to convert 10 meters into kilometers?

1. Multiply by 100
2. Multiply by 1000
3. Divide by 100
4. Divide by 1000

1,500 m equals how many km?

1. 15
2. 150
3. 15,000
4. 1.5

Dylan has 0.5 liters of water. He needs to find out how many milliliters of water he has so he can complete his
science experiment. How many milliliters (mL) of water does Dylan have?

1. 0.005 mL
2. 0.0005 mL
3. 500 mL
4. 5000 mL

There are 45 milliliters of vanilla extract in a dropper. How many liters of vanilla extract are in the dropper?

1. 0.045 liters
2. 0.45 liters
3. 4,500 liters
4. 45,000 liters

Samwise, a puppy, chased his tennis ball across a field for 33 minutes. He ran a total of 3.5 km. How many total
centimeters did he run?

1. 3.5
2. .00035
3. 35,000

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4. 350,000

Convert 2,000 m to km.

1. 0.2 km
2. 200 km
3. 2 km
4. 10 km

Brenda drinks 4,200 milliliters (mL) of water every day. She wants to increase the amount to 6 liters a day. How
many more milliliters of water will she have to drink to get to the desired amount?

1. 1,800 mL
2. 18 mL
3. 180 mL
4. 0.018 mL

3.512 m = mm

1. 3.512
2. 35.12
3. 355.12
4. 3,512

What is the best unit to measure the length of a jellybean?

1. kilometers
2. liters
3. millimeters
4. meters

Which is equivalent to 13 meters?

1. 0.13 centimeters
2. 1.3 centimeters
3. 130 centimeters
4. 1,300 centimeters

A recycling drive collected 3 bags of 2-liter bottles. If each bag holds 50 bottles, how many milliliters can the
collected bottles hold?

1. 300
2. 3,000
3. 5,000
4. 30,000
5. 300,000

How many grams are in a milligram?

1. 0.001
2. 1

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3. 0.000001
4. 1,000,000

Which capacities are written in order from greatest to least?

1. 5 milliliters, 2 liters, 1 liter

In the metric system of measurement there are decimeters in 1 meter.

1. 100
2. 10
3. 1,000
4. none of the above

Which is more: 7,002 milliliters or 7 liters?

1. 7,002 milliliters
2. 7 liters
3. neither; they are equal

One-thousandth of a meter is called a .

1. decameter
2. centimeter
3. decimeter
4. millimeter

Which is equivalent to 13 meters?

1. 0.13 centimeters
2. 1.3 centimeters
3. 130 centimeters
4. 1,300 centimeters

The chair is 3.4 kilograms. How many grams does it weigh?

1. 34 grams
2. 340 grams
3. 3,400 grams
4. 34,000 grams

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4.25 kg is equal to how many grams?

1. 4,250 g
2. 0.00425 g
3. 425 g
4. 42.5 g

The number of milliliters in 0.0367 liters is mL.

1. 0.367
2. 36.7
3. 3.67
4. 367

Eric is going to run his first 5K race. He wants to practice, so he measured the loop in his neighborhood that he
always runs. The distance around the loop is 1,250 meters. How many times does he need to run the loop to equal 5
kilometers?

1. 25 times
2. 2 1/2 times
3. 4 times
4. 10 times

The height of a building is 25.5 meters. What is the height of the building in centimeters?

1. 2.55 cm
2. 25.5 cm
3. 255 cm
4. 2,550 cm
5. 25,500 cm

Maria ran 2,300 meters on Tuesday and 23,000 centimeters on Thursday. What day did she run the longer distance?

1. Tuesday
2. Thursday
3. She ran the same distance both days.

A school's wind turbine generates 2,000 kilowatt-hours of energy in a day. Which of the following shows how many
watt-hours this value equals?

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1. 200 watt-hours
2. 20,000 watt-hours
3. 200,000 watt-hours
4. 2,000,000 watt-hours

Which unit would you use to measure the volume of the milk?

1. L
2. kL
3. mL
4. mg

How many ml does 2 liters equal?

1. 500 ml
2. 250 ml
3. 1,000 ml
4. 2,000 ml

There are how many m in 2,000 mm?

1. 200 m
2. 2m
3. 0.02 m
4. 0.002 m

Which unit would you use to measure the volume of tea in the cup?

1. L
2. mL
3. kL
4. g

Which of the following is the largest unit?

1. decigram
2. decagram
3. microgram
4. hectogram

Centi = thousands

1. True
2. False

Convert 736 mL to kL.

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1. 0.000736 kL
2. 736,000 kL
3. 0.00736 kL
4. 0.0736 kL

Savannah is 155 centimeters tall. Which of the following is equivalent to 155 centimeters?

1. 0.0155 m
2. 0.155 m
3. 1.55 m
4. 15.5 m

Which unit would you use to measure the length of a bracelet?

1. km
2. mm
3. cm
4. m

Which of the following has the greatest mass?

1. 7.4 kilograms
2. 7.4 decigrams
3. 7.4 centigrams
4. 7.4 milligrams

Which unit is better to use to estimate the length from Toronto to Vancouver?

1. mm
2. kg
3. cm
4. km

Which unit would you use to measure the mass for all 6 apples?

1. mg
2. cg
3. kg
4. g

A quantity of 230 grams of coffee is added to a jar containing 2.3 kg of coffee. What is the weight of the coffee after
the addition?

1. 2.530 kg

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2. 2.223 kg
3. 2.233 kg
4. 232.3 kg

Where is 712 centimeters located on the ruler?

Terrence has a pet spider and a pet guinea pig. The spider is 10 mm long and the guinea pig is 35 cm long. How
much longer is the guinea pig than the spider (in mm)?

Tamara buys a reel of thread for sewing. There are 10 m of thread on the real. She uses 210 cm. How much is left on
the reel in centimeters?

Evelyn lives at one end of Park Avenue. Mrs. Griffin lives at the other end of the avenue. It is 5.8 kilometers from
one end of Park Avenue to the other. If Evelyn walks 2.79 kilometers toward Mrs. Griffin's house, how many more
meters does she have to walk to get there?

Which system of measurement would your rather use? The metric system or the U.S. customary system? Explain in
at least two sentences which one you choose and why.

Jasmyn and Jaylah wanted to have a contest to see which of their paper airplanes could fly the longest distance.
Jasmyn's plane flew four meters. Jaylah's plane only flew seventy-nine centimeters. How much further did Jasmyn's
plane fly in meters?

The weight of the candy that Jasmyn collected was one thousand, six hundred thirty-four grams more than the
weight of the candy Jaylah collected. Jaylah collected three and eight hundred forty-five thousandths kilograms of
candy. How much candy did Jasmyn collect? Answer in grams.

Starbright Industries makes lamps. Each finished lamp has a mass of 1,200 grams. An order of 14 lamps is shipped.
What is the total mass in kilograms of the shipment?

Each roll of wire measures 160m. An electrician needs 6km 400m of wire altogether. How many rolls of wire are
required?

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How many 400 mL paper cups can be filled from a 16 L jug of lemonade?

Brandon uses a 5-milliliter cap to fill a 1-liter plastic bottle with water. How many capfuls of water will Brandon need
until the bottle is filled halfway?

250 runners participate in a 100 kilometer relay race (each person runs an equal portion of the distance). How many
meters will each person run?

Express the sum of 0.75 km and 0.035 km in meters.

Josiah was helping his dad fix the car. Josiah's dad asked him to get the one hundred-fifty mm socket wrench. Josiah
handed his dad a thirty-five cm socket wrench. How many mm too large was the wrench that Josiah gave to his
dad?

Eden bought 1.2kg of meat and used 14 of it for steaks. What amount of meat is left? Express your answer in
grams.

How many dekaliters are in 649.08 milliliters?

1 gigagram is equal to

1. 10 grams.
2. 1000 million grams.
3. 1 millionth of a gram.
4. 1000 grams.

It must be hereditary, Tamara decided. I am going to be tall, maybe even 2.3 meters tall. Since that didn't sound
very tall, she decided to tell people her height in decimeters. That would sound better. What is Tamara's height in
decimeters?

Convert: 2.05 m = dekameters.

Bozo was performing at party. He was standing 4 m from his balloons, when suddenly his rubber nose fell off and
rolled 2.8 m away from him. What was the distance his rubber nose rolled in mm?

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