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Conversion of
Measurements
Practice 1 Length
Complete.
Example
6 m5 600 cm
6 m 55 cm
55 cm
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6 m 55 cm 5 600 cm 1 55 cm

5 655 cm

1.
7 m5 cm
7 m 70 cm
70 cm

7 m 70 cm 5 cm 1 cm

5 cm

2.
8 m5 cm
8 m 1 cm
1 cm

8 m 1 cm 5 cm 1 cm

5 cm
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3. 6 m 96 cm 5 cm 1 cm 5 cm

4. 8 m 90 cm 5 cm 1 cm 5 cm

5. 9 m 20 cm 5 cm 1 cm 5 cm

6. 9 m 2 cm 5 cm 1 cm 5 cm

Complete.
Example

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200 cm 5 2 m
212 cm
12 cm

212 cm 5 2 m 12 cm

7.
cm 5 m
428 cm
cm

428 cm 5 m cm

8.
cm 5 m
903 cm
cm

903 cm 5 m cm

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Write in meters and centimeters.

9. 123 cm 5 cm 1 cm 5 m cm

10. 390 cm 5 cm 1 cm 5 m cm

11. 365 cm 5 cm 1 cm 5 m cm

12. 909 cm 5 cm 1 cm 5 m cm

Fill in the blanks.

Color the banner with the longest measurement.
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Example

550 cm = 500 cm + 50 cm = 5 m 50 cm

13. 2 m 40 cm 5 200 cm 1 40 cm 5 240 cm

14. 4 m 60 cm 5 cm 1 cm 5 cm

15. 101 cm 5 100 cm 1 1 cm

5 1 m 1 cm

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Color the boxes with equal measurements.

16. 5 m 5 cm 55 cm 550 cm 505 cm

17. 9 m 9 cm 990 cm 909 cm 9 cm 1 900 cm

18. 100 cm 1 30 cm 130 cm 1 m 3 cm 1 m 30 cm

19. 300 cm 1 67 cm 3 m 67 cm 367 cm 67 cm 1 300 m

Complete.

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Example
7 km 5 7,000 m
7 km 111 m
111 m

7 km 111 m 5 7,000 m 1 111 m

5
7,111 m

20. km 5 m
5 km 26 m
m

5 km 26 m 5 m1 m
5 m

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21. km 5 m
8 km 8 m
m

8 km 8 m 5 m1 m
5 m
Write in meters.

22. 5 km 505 m 5 m1 m5 m

23. 8 km 500 m 5 m1 m5 m
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24. 8 km 50 m 5 m1 m5 m

25. 9 km 5 m 5 m1 m5 m

Complete.
Example
1000 m5 1 km
1,735 m
735 m

1,735 m 5 1 km 1 735 m

26. m5 km
3,056 m
m

3,056 m 5 km m

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27. m5 km
6,009 m
m

6,009 m 5 km m

Write in kilometers and meters.

28. 2,050 m 5 m1 m5 km m

29. 7,900 m 5 m1 m5 km m

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30. 9,090 m 5 m1 m5 km m

31. 9,009 m 5 m1 m5 km m

Fill in the blanks.

32. The length of a stapler is about 3 long.

33. A shrub is about 4 high.

34. A car took 3 hours to travel 100 .

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Complete.
Jacob is at an amusement park. He wants to visit all four theme parks.
Find the length of each path he wants to take.

4,070 yd
d
Entrance 2,500 y
Fantasy Super Land
Land

Mystery Magic 9,009 yd

Land 5,808 yd Land
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4,076 yd

35. Super Land is yards from Fantasy Land.

36. From to Magic Land, Jacob has to travel the

greatest distance between lands.

37. Magic Land is miles yards from Mystery Land.

38. Mystery Land is miles yards from the entrance.

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 Example
a. Convert feet to inches.
3 feet 5 36 inches

1 foot Æ12 inches

3 3 1 foot Æ 3 3 12 inches

Æ 36 inches
b. Convert yards to feet.
8 yards 5 24 feet

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1 yard Æ 3 feet

8 3 1 yard Æ8 3 3 feet

Æ24 feet
c. Convert miles to yards.
5 miles 5 8,800 yards

1 mile Æ 1,760 yards

5 3 1 mile Æ5 3 1,760 yards

Æ 8,800 yards
d. Convert miles to feet.
4 miles  21,120 feet

1 mile Æ5,280 feet

4 3 1 mile Æ435,280 feet

Æ 21,120 feet

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Convert larger units to smaller units.

39. 1 ft 5 in. 40. 2 ft 5 in.

2 3
41. 1 ft 5 in. 42. 2 ft 5 in.
6 5
43. 1 ft 5 in. 44. 1 yd 5 ft
4 3
45. 1 yd 5 ft 46. 2 yd 5 ft
2 3
47. 2 yd 5 ft 48. 1 mi 5 ft
2
49. 3 mi 5 ft 50. 3 mi 5 ft
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51. 7 mi 5 ft 52. 3 mi 5 yd
8 5
53. 7 mi 5 yd 54. 1 mi 5 yd
8 4
55. 4 mi 5 yd

Example
a. 21 inches  1 foot 9 inches
12 inches Æ 1 foot
21 4 12 1 R 9
21 inches Æ 1 foot 9 inches

b. 17 feet  5 yards 2 feet

3 feet Æ 1 yard
17 4 3 5 R 2
15 feet Æ 5 yards 2 feet

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 c. 8,000 feet  1 mile 2,720 feet
5,280 feet Æ 1 mile
8,000 2 5,280 2,720
8,000 feet Æ 1 mile 2,720 feet

d. 3,500 yards  1 mile 1,740 yards

1,760 yards Æ 1 mile
3,500 2 1,760 1,740
3,500 Æ 1 mile 1,740 yards

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Convert.

56. 40 inches 5 feet inches

57. 35 inches 5 feet inches

58. 18 inches 5 feet inches

59. 20 feet 5 yards feet

60. 36 feet 5 yards feet

61. 53 feet 5 yards feet

62. 6,000 feet 5 miles feet

63. 15,860 feet 5 miles feet

64. 3,600 feet 5 miles yards

65. 8,810 feet 5 miles yards

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Practice 2 Measurement: Mass, Weight, and Volume

Read the scales. Write the mass in grams (g) or kilograms (kg).

1. 2. 3.
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kg g kg g

4. 5. 6.

kg g g kg g

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Complete.

7.
kg 5 g
8 kg 689 g
g

8 kg 689 g 5 g1 g
5 g

8. kg 5 g
6 kg 10 g
g

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6 kg 10 g 5 g1 g
5 g

Write in grams.

9. 4 kg 740 g 5 g1 g5 g

10. 5 kg 123 g 5 g1 g5 g

11. 3 kg 40 g 5 g1 g5 g

12. 6 kg 8 g 5 g1 g5 g

Complete.

13.
kg 5 kg
4,900 g
g

4,900 g 5 kg g
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14.
5,000 g 5 kg
5,025 g
25 g

5,025 g 5 kg g

Write in kilograms and grams.

15. 1,890 g 5 g1 g5 kg g

16. 6,600 g 5 g1 g5 kg g

17. 3,015 g 5 g1 g5 kg g
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18. 4,008 g 5 g1 g5 kg g

Choose the unit that you would use to measure each.

Write kilograms or grams.

19. The mass of the doll is about

150 .

20. The mass of 10 math textbooks

is about 4 .

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Convert larger unit to smaller unit.
Example
Convert pounds to ounces.

5 5 lb  90 oz
8
5 5  45
8 8
1 lb Æ 16 oz
5 5 lb Æ 45  16
8 8
 90 oz
Convert tons to pounds.

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1 9 tons  3,800 lb
10
1 9  19
10 10
1 ton Æ 2,000 lb
1 9 tons Æ 19  2,000  3,800 lb
10 10

Convert.

21. Choose any two of the following and convert to ounces.

34 1 pounds 3 3 pounds 6 3 pounds

2 8 4

ounces ounces ounces

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22. Choose any two of the following and convert to pounds.

7 1
tons 15 tons tons
10 4

pounds pounds pounds

Convert larger units to smaller units.

23. 6 lb 5 oz 24. 2 lb 5 oz

25. 13 lb 5 oz 26. 25 lb 5 oz
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5 1
27. lb 5 oz 28. lb 5 oz
8 2
1 1
29. lb 5 oz 30. ton 5 lb
4 5
9 3
31. ton 5 lb 32. ton 5 lb
10 8

33. 3 tons 5 lb 34. 4 tons 5 lb

35. 5 tons 5 lb 36. 7 tons 5 lb

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Convert.
Example
a. 50 ounces  3 pounds 2 ounces

16 oz Æ 1 lb

50  16  34
34  16  18
18  16  2

50 ounces Æ 3 pounds 2 ounces

b. 3,500 pounds  1 ton 1,500 pounds

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2,000 lb Æ 1 ton

3,500  2,000  1,500

3,500 pounds Æ 1 ton 1,500 pounds

37. Choose any two of the following and convert.

19 ounces 81 ounces 200 ounces

pound ounces pounds ounce pounds ounces

38. Choose any two of the following and convert.

7,210 pounds 9,320 pounds 15,860 pounds

tons pounds tons pounds tons pounds

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Match.

39.

323 oz • • 20 lb 12 oz

40.

332 oz • • 18 lb 14 oz
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41.

320 oz • • 19 lb 8 oz

42.

302 oz • • 20 lb

43.

312 oz • • 20 lb 3 oz

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Find the volume of water in each measuring cup.

44. 45. 4 oz
2 qt
2 oz

1 qt

qt oz

46.
10 pt

5 pt

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pt

Water from each container is poured into each measuring container.

Find the volume of the water in the containers.

47.
1 gal 1 gal

2 qt 2 qt

gal qt

48.
1c 1c

5 oz
0.5 c 0.5 c
2.5 oz

c oz

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Converting larger unit to smaller unit.

Example
b. 2 quarts  4 pints
a. 3 gallons  3 quarts
4
1 gallon Æ 4 quarts 1 quart Æ 2 pints

3  4 Æ 3 quarts 2  2 Æ 4 pints
4

c. 5 pints  10 cups d. 1 cup  2 fluid ounces

4
1 pint Æ 2 cups 1 cup Æ 8 fluid ounces
1  8  2 fluid ounces
5  2 Æ 10 cups
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Convert and match.

49. 3 gallons • • 3 fluid ounces

50. 3 cup 3
• • 1 cups
8 5

51. 9 pints • • 18 cups

52. 1 quart
• • 12 quarts
3

53. 2 quart 2 pint

• •
5 3

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Convert smaller units to larger units.
Example
a. 15 quart  3 gallons 3 quarts
1 gal Æ 4 qt

15  4  3 R 3

15 quarts Æ 3 gallons 3 quarts

b. 39 pint  19 quarts 1 pints

1 qt Æ 2 pt

39  2  19 R 1

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39 pints Æ 19 quarts 1 pint

c. 23 cups  11 pints 1 cups

1 pt Æ 2 c

23  2  11 R 1

23 cups Æ 11 pints 1 cup

d. 94 pints  11 gallons 3 quarts

1 qt Æ 2 pt

94  2  47

94 pt Æ 47 qt

1 gal Æ 4 qt

47  4  11 R 3

47 quarts Æ 11 gallons 3 quarts

94 pints Æ 11 gallons 3 quarts

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e. 57 pints  7 gallons 0 quarts 1 pint

1 qt Æ 2 pt

57  2  28 R 1

57 pt Æ 28 qt 1 pt

1 gal Æ 4 qt

28  4  7

28 quarts Æ 7 gallons 0 quarts

57 pints Æ 7 gallons 0 quarts 1 pint

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Convert.

54.
Qt 22 50 95

Gal and qt
55.
Pt 19 71 153

Qt and pt
56.
Qt 29 87 101

Pt and c
57.
Pt 34 98 210

Gal and qt
58.
Pt 17 53 115

Gal, qt, and pt

Lesson 12.2 Measurement: Mass, Weight, and Volume 119

Complete.
A teacher filled Containers A and B completely with water.
However, he had only enough water left to fill 1 of Container C.
2
Find the volume of water in each container and the capacity of each container.
59.

Volume of water in Container A 5 mL

Capacity of Container A 5 mL

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60.

Volume of water in Container B 5 mL

Capacity of Container B 5 mL

61.

Volume of water in Container C 5 L mL

Capacity of Container C 5 L mL

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Choose the unit you would use to measure each.

Write liters or milliliters.

62. A can of cranberry juice is about

300 .

63. The volume of water in a fish tank

is about 10 .

Complete.

64.
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L5 mL
1 L 400 mL
mL

1 L 400 mL 5 mL 1 mL
5 mL

65.
L5 mL
5 L 60 mL
mL

5 L 60 mL 5 mL 1 mL
5 mL

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Write in milliliters.

66. 2 L 450 mL 5 mL 1 mL 5 mL

67. 1 L 105 mL 5 mL 1 mL 5 mL

68. 2 L 45 mL 5 mL 1 mL 5 mL

69. 3 L 9 mL 5 mL 1 mL 5 mL

Complete.

70.

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mL 5 L
7,080 mL
mL

7,080 mL 5 L mL
71.
mL 5 L
9,909 mL
mL

9,909 mL 5 L mL

Write in liters and milliliters.

72. 4,900 mL 5 mL 1 mL 5 L mL

73. 6,505 mL 5 mL 1 mL 5 L mL

74. 2,090 mL 5 mL 1 mL 5 L mL

75. 2,005 mL 5 mL 1 mL 5 L mL
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Practice 3 Measurements: Time

Example

Convert minutes to seconds.

1 min Æ 60 sec

5 min Æ 5 3 60 5 300 sec

Convert hours to minutes.

2 h 5 2 3 60 5 120 min

Convert minutes (min) to seconds (sec).

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1. 9 min 5 sec 2. 10 min 5 sec

3. 15 min 5 sec 4. 3 min 5 sec

5. 1 min 5 sec 6. 1 min 5 sec

6 3
7. 3 min 5 sec
5

Convert hours (h) to minutes.

8. 1h5 min 9. 4h5 min

10. 2h5 min 11. 6h5 min

12. 5h5 min 13. 1h5 min

6 4
14. 1h5 min
3

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Convert larger units to smaller units.
Example
2
a. h 40 min
3
1 h Æ 60 min
2
h  60  40 min
3
b. 3 min  180 sec

1 min Æ 60 sec

3 min Æ 180 sec

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15. 2h5 min
5
16. h5 min
6
2
17. h5 min
3
18. 3 min 5 sec

19. 5 min 5 sec

2
20. min 5 sec
5

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Converting smaller units to larger units.

Example
a. 305 min  5 h 5 min

1 hour Æ 60 min

305  60  5 R 5

305 min Æ 5 h 5 min

b. 94 sec  1 min 34 sec

1 min Æ 60 sec
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94  60  1 R 34

94 sec Æ 1 min 34 sec

c. 10,935 sec  3 h 2 min 15 sec

10,935  60  182 R 15

10,935 sec  182 min 15 sec

182  60  3 R 2

182 min  3 h 2 min

10,935 sec  3 h 2 min 15 sec

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Convert.

21. 82 min 5 h min

22. 200 min 5 h min

23. 411 min 5 h min

24. 78 sec 5 min sec

25. 163 sec 5 min sec

26. 1,312 sec 5 min sec

27. 3,860 sec 5 h min sec

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28. 18,632 sec 5 h min sec

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Practice 4 Real-World Problems: Measurement

Solve the word problems. Use line diagrams or bar models.
1. Two friends, Jim and Helen, ran a 12-km marathon. 20 minutes later
and after running 950 meters, Helen sprained her ankle and had to
discontinue the race. Jim stopped for 10 minutes to help her and then
continued to complete the race in 1 hour 45 minutes.

a. How much farther did Jim run? (Give your answer in meters.)
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b. How long did Jim take to complete the race in minutes?

c. If the marathan started at 8:15 A.M., at what time did

Jim finish the race?

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2. Jolie takes 14 hour to iron a shirt with a steam iron. She takes 5
12
hour to
iron both a shirt and a dress.

a. How long does she take to iron a dress in minutes?

b. If she uses 0.2 liter of water for each shirt, how many shirts can she
iron with 1 liter of water?

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3. An apple weighs 150 grams. A watermelon weighs 10 times as much as
the apple.

a. What is the mass of the watermelon?

b. What is the difference in mass between the apple and watermelon?

4. Caylene is 1.5 meters tall. Bally is 0.18 meter taller than her and
0.2 meter shorter than Tom. What is Tom’s height in centimeters?

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5. An egg weighs 5 ounces. Mrs. Sim used 4 eggs, a pound of flour,

1 pound of sugar and 1 pound of butter to make a cake. What is the
2 4
total mass of all the ingredients in pounds and ounces?

6. A machine can fill 3 jugs with juice in 10 minutes.

Each jug contains 1.5 liters of juice.
a. How many jugs can be filled in 1 hour?
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b. How much juice is needed to fill all the jugs in 1 hour?

c. If each jug is sold at $6.30, how much will be earned

if all the jugs filled in 12 hour are sold?

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7. Mrs. Lena uses 3 cups of milk and Mrs. Watson uses 19 fluid ounces of milk.
Both of them are making waffles. They can make more waffles using more milk.
Who makes more waffles?

8. Jason has 87 pints of water to water the garden and Mary has 7 gallons.
Who has more water?

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Put On Your Thinking Cap!

Challenging Practice

1. Ken peeled 3 kilograms of potatoes. His sister peeled 1,900 grams

of potatoes.
a. Who peeled more? How much more? Give your answer in kilograms
and grams.
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b. If Ken's brother peeled 480 grams less than the sister, how many
kilograms of potatoes were peeled altogether? Give your answer in
kilograms and grams.

2. One dress needs 3 yards of material. Mrs. Carlton bought a material that
was 7 feet 8 inches long. She wants to sew 2 such dresses. How much
more material does she need? Give your answer in yards, feet, and inches.

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Problem Solving

Starting at 7:50 P.M., Patrick worked for 12 hour on a video, 15 hour

on another project, and went to sleep 3 hours after the last project. At what time
did he sleep?

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