Questions

1) Descriptions of items that are approximately equal to various metric units are given in the choices below. Which one is NOT a close estimate?

a.) The width of your little finger is about a centimeter.

b.) A medicine dropper can hold about a milliliter of medicine.

c.) The thickness of a dime is about one millimeter.

d.) The weight of a math book is about one gram.

e.) The weight of a bee’s wing is about one milligram.

2) The beakers shown below contain different amounts of water. Which beaker has about 200 milliliters of water in it?

a.) Beaker A

b.) Beaker B

c.) Beaker C

3) Which metric unit means 1/1000 of a meter?

a.) decimeter

b.) kilometer

c.) millimeter

d.) centimeter

e.) hectometer

4) Hecto means_____.

a.) 10 times the base unit.

b.) 100 times the base unit.

c.) 1000 times the base unit.

d.) 1/10th of the base.

e.) 1/100th of the base.

5) _____ + gram means 1000 grams.

a.) Deci

b.) Kilo

c.) Centi

d.) Hecto

e.) Deka

6) What is the measure of the arrow to the nearest centimeter?

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7) What is the measure of the arrow to the nearest millimeter?

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8) Eighty-six millimeters equal how many centimeters?

a.) 0.86

b.) 8.6

c.) 86

d.) 860

9) Complete the following conversion: 7.8 meters (m) = _________ millimeters (mm)

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10) Complete the following conversion: 8570 milliliters (ml) = __________ liters (l)

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11) Complete the following conversion: 72.5 kilograms (kg) = __________ grams (g)

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12)

Brooke is installing square tiles in a utility room. The measurements of the room are 487 centimeters by 427 centimeters. What is the area of the room in SQUARE METERS? Express the answer to the nearest whole square meter. (Hint: 1 square meter = 100 x 100 square centimeters)

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13) A farmer owns 450,000 square meters of land. He purchases an additional 200,000 square meters of land. How many hectares of land does he now own? (Hint: 1 hectare = 10,000 square meters.)

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14) Bill is building a wrap-around deck on his house that measures 50 meters by 18 meters. He wants to add four meters to each side of the house for the deck. (a) What is the total length and total width of the house and deck? (b) What is the total area of the house and deck in square meters? (Hint: A = lw)

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15) The Moore's are purchasing a new upright freezer. The inner dimensions of the freezer are 0.5 meter by 0.6 meter by 1.5 meters. (a) What is the volume of the freezer in cubic meters? (b) What is the volume of the freezer in cubic centimeters? (Hint: 1 cubic meter = 100 x 100 x 100 cubic centimeters.)

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16) What is the measure of the arrow to the nearest sixteenth of an inch? Reduce the answer, if possible.

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17) What is the measure of the arrow to the nearest sixteenth of an inch? Reduce the answer, if possible.

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18) In the five choices shown below, one of the conversions is incorrect. Which conversion is incorrect?

a.) 5 miles (mi) = 26,400 feet (ft)

b.) 6000 pounds (lb) = 3 tons (T)

c.) 90 minutes (min) = 1 1/2 hours (hr)

d.) One-half of a gallon (gal) = 1 quart (qt)

e.) 42 days (d) = 6 weeks (wk)

19) Compute and simplify. (Note: This is a problem about fluid ounces. Recall that there are 8 ounces in 1 cup.)

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20) David is laying tiles on his kitchen floor. His kitchen measures 16 feet by 20 feet. Each tile is a square that measures 2 feet by 2 feet. (a) What is the area of his kitchen floor? (b) How many tiles will David need to purchase to cover the floor?

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21) Olga is building a kennel for rescued dogs on her four-acre lot in the country. Four acres is how many square yards?

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22) A concrete truck delivers 9 cubic yards of concrete to a job site. Nine cubic yards is how many cubic feet? (Hint: 1 cubic yard = 3 x 3 x 3 cubic feet)

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23) The "Top Thrill Dragster" at Cedar Point can reach a speed of 193 kilometers per hour. How many miles per hour is this speed? Express the answer rounded to the nearest mile per hour.

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24) Lisa walks an average of 3 miles in 30 minutes on her treadmill each day. How many miles per hour is she averaging?

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25) A cheetah ran 195 yards in 6 seconds. What was the cheetah’s average speed in miles per hour? Express the answer rounded to the nearest mile per hour.

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26) A snail travels at a speed of about 25 inches per hour. About how many yards will the snail travel per day? Express the answer rounded to the nearest whole yard.

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27) Convert 101 degrees Celsius to Fahrenheit.

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28) A cruise ship travels at a constant rate of 37 miles per hour. How far does the cruise ship travel in 5.5 hours? (d = rt)

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29) Jeanie can travel 372 miles using 12 gallons of fuel. How many miles per gallon is she averaging? (mpg = mi/gal)

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30) Doctors recommend that you do not exceed a safe heart rate when you exercise. The following formula gives the desirable heart rate, “r”, in beats per minute for a person "a" years old. Find the maximum safe heart rate for a 17-year old high school student.

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31) The towns of Minneapolis and Fargo are shown on the map with a scale of 2 cm = 40 km. If the distance measured on the map between Fargo and Minneapolis is 19.6 centimeters, what is the actual distance?

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32) Fill in the blank: A 300-foot fence on a scale drawing measures 6 inches. The scale of the drawing is 1 inch represents ______feet.

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33) The partial blueprint of a house that includes 3 bedrooms is shown below. The scale is 2.75 inches : 3 feet. What is the actual length and width of Bedroom 3 in feet?

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