Measurement Conversions
Volume/Weight
Measurement
Time
1 cup = 8 ounces
1 foot = 12 inches
1 century = 100 years
1 pint = 2 cups
1 yard = 3 feet
1 decade = 10 years
1 quart = 2 pints
1 mile = 5,280 feet
1 year = 52 weeks
1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 mile = 1,760 yards
1 year = 365 days
1 pound = 16 ounces
1 week = 7 days
1 week = 168 hours
Unit Unit
x Deci, Centi, Milli
Unit Meter
Kilo , Hecto, Deca
Unit x
1,000 100
Unit Unit
x /
10
10
1 day = 24 hours
Unit
1 hour = 60 minutes
/
/
1 minute = 60 seconds
100 1,000
Example 1
How many inches are in 5 miles?
5 x 5,280 x 12 = 316,800 inches
12 inches
5,280 ft
? inches= 5 miles
1 mile
Using this method will never fail you! As you can see, the "mile" word on top cancelled the "mile" word below, as well as the "foot" word on top canceling the "foot" word below.
1 foot
Example 2 How many seconds are in 16 years?
? seconds
= 16 years
365 days
24 hours
60 minutes
60 seconds
1 year
1 day
1 hour
1 minute
16 x 365 x 24 x 60 x 60 = 504,576,000 seconds
Example 3
miles
55
How many inches per minute is 55 miles per hour?
55 miles
5,280 feet
12 inches
1 mile
1 foot
1 hour
(55 x 5,280 x 12)
60
1 hour
60 minutes
inches
= 58,080 minute
hour
inches
= ? minute
We want to stop converting when we have inches up top, and minutes down below!
Example 4
How many meters per second is 12 centimeters per hour?
1 m
12 cm
1 hour
100 cm
1 hour
60 minutes
1 minute
60 seconds
cm
12
=
= 0.00003 second
100 x 60 x 60 360,000
12
1
Name:____________________________
1. How many feet per second is 55 miles per hour?
2. How many seconds are in 16 years?
3. How many Kiloliters is 2,300 milliliters?
4. How many cups is in 4 gallons?
5. How many inches are in 2 miles?
6. How many miles per hour is 16 yards per second?
7. How many gallons per minute is 3 cups per second?
8. How many ounces per hour is 5 gallons per 2 minutes?
2