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Comparing Weights Worksheet With Answers

Practice

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Comparing Weights

Directions: Use the information on page 21 to do the following problems.

1. A ream of paper contains 500 sheets. A set of 5 sheets of paper weighs about 1 ounce. How

many pounds and ounces does the ream weigh? _______ lb. _______ oz.

2. For a special art project, each child in the sixth grade needed a 25-lb. bag of clay. There were 92

sixth graders. How much clay did the teachers need? _______ tons _______ lb.

3. A videocassette weighs 1/2 pound. How many videocassettes would weigh a ton? _______

4. One kind of medicine uses 10 milligrams of medicine for each pill. How many pills would

1 gram of medicine make? _______

5. Using the above problem, how many pills would 1 kilogram of medicine make? _______

6. A paperback dictionary weighs 1 1/2 pounds. How many dictionaries would be in

1 1/2 tons? _______

7. A stapler weighs 8 ounces. How many staplers would be in a 3-ton shipment? _______

8. A science experiment called for 1 decagram of baking soda per person. How many people could

do the experiment with 1 kilogram of baking soda? _______

9. One science student studies 5 milligrams of dust with a microscope. How much dust would be

needed for 100 students? _______

10. It takes about 2.2 kilograms to equal 1 pound. How many kilograms would be in

100 pounds? _______

11. How many kilograms would be in 1 ton? _______

12. About how many large (1g) paper clips would it take to weigh 1 pound? _______

13. One calculator weighs 5 ounces. How many calculators would be in a 1-ton shipment? _______

14. One small camera weighs 2.5 hectograms. How many cameras would be in a 10-kilogram

shipment? _______

Comparing Weights Worksheet With Answers