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MATH PRACTICE UNIT 5 (22 pts)
CONVERSIONS
By now you should be an expert of converting from one metric unit to another. Now you are going to practice
how to convert to and from various different measurement systems.
Watch this video before you begin!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKCZn5MLKvk
What general formula should you follow when converting? (Hint: it is shown in the video at 53 seconds).
Apply the technique shown in the video to solving the following problems. See the last page of this worksheet for
conversion tables. SHOW YOUR WORK! ANSWER PROBLEMS TO THE NEAREST TENTH.
1)
Convert 180 centimeters into inches.
2) How fast is 50 kilometers per hour in miles per hour?
3) How many pounds are equivalent to 100 kilograms?
4) How long is 180 inches in cm?
5) How far is 1,313 kilometers in miles?
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6) What is 5,150 meters in feet?
7) An adult human brain’s mass is approximately 3 pounds. How many grams is that?
8) If you get 100€, how many dollars do you have?
9) How fast is 209 meters per second in feet per second?
10) Daisuke is going on a trip to the United Kingdom. His mother gave him 500,000¥ (yen) to spend in the UK. How
many £ (pounds) is that?
11) Daisuke’s flight is held up in Germany. He spends 15 € (euros) on lunch. How much yen did he use?
CONVERSION TABLES:
1 Dollar $ equals
1 Yen ¥ equals
1 Pound £ equals
1 Euro € equals
1 Kilometer equals
1 Meter equals
1 Centimeter equals
1 Pound equals
Dollars $
Yen ¥
Pounds £
Euros €
1
.01
1.61
1.31
90
1
134
109
.62
.01
1
.81
.76
.01
1.23
1
Inches
Feet
Miles
39370.1
39.3701
0.393701
3280.84
3.28084
.0328084
0.621371
0.000621371
6.21371e-6
Kilograms
Grams
0.453592
453.592