Measurement Examples And Worksheet - A-64 Appendix 5 Page 13
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36A-75
V.1 American Units of Measurement
97.
THE GREAT SPHINX The Great Sphinx of Egypt
108.
CATERING How many cups of apple cider are
is 240 feet long. Express this in inches.
there in a 10-gallon container of cider?
98.
HOOVER DAM The Hoover Dam in Nevada is
109.
SCHOOL LUNCHES Each student attending
726 feet high. Express this distance in inches.
Eagle River Elementary School receives 1 pint
of milk for lunch each day. If 575 students attend
99.
THE SEARS TOWER The Sears Tower in Chicago
the school, how many gallons of milk are used
has 110 stories and is 1,454 feet tall. To the nearest
each day?
hundredth, express this height in miles.
110.
RADIATORS The radiator capacity of a piece of
NFL RECORDS Emmit Smith, the former Dallas
100.
earth-moving equipment is 39 quarts. If the radiator
Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals running back, holds
is drained and new coolant put in, how many gallons
the National Football League record for yards
of new coolant will be used?
rushing in a career: 18,355. How many miles is this?
Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.
111.
CAMPING How
many ounces of
NFL RECORDS When Dan Marino of the Miami
101.
camping stove fuel
Dolphins retired, it was noted that Marino’s career
will fit in the
passing total was nearly 35 miles! How many yards
FUEL
container shown?
1 –
is this?
2 gal
2
LEWIS AND CLARK The trail traveled by the
102.
Lewis and Clark expedition is shown below. When the
expedition reached the Pacific Ocean, Clark estimated
112.
HIKING A college student walks 11 miles in
that they had traveled 4,162 miles. (It was later
155 minutes. To the nearest tenth, how many hours
determined that his guess was within 40 miles of the
does he walk?
actual distance.) Express Clark’s estimate of the
SPACE TRAVEL The astronauts of the Apollo 8
113.
distance in feet.
mission, which was launched on December 21, 1968,
were in space for 147 hours. How many days did the
mission take?
AMELIA EARHART In 1935, Amelia Earhart
114.
WASHINGTON
NORTH DAKOTA
became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic
MONTANA
Ocean alone, establishing a new record for the
OREGON
SOUTH DAKOTA
crossing: 13 hours and 30 minutes. How many
IDAHO
WYOMING
IOWA
minutes is this?
NEBRASKA
WRITING
KANSAS
MISSOURI
Explain how to find the unit conversion factor
115. a.
that will convert feet to inches.
Explain how to find the unit conversion factor
b.
WEIGHT OF WATER One gallon of water weighs
103.
that will convert pints to gallons.
about 8 pounds. Express this weight in ounces.
1 lb
Explain why the unit conversion factor
is a form
116.
WEIGHT OF A BABY A newborn baby boy
104.
16 oz
of 1.
weighed 136 ounces. Express this weight in
pounds.
R E V I E W
105.
HIPPOS An adult hippopotamus can weigh as
Round 3,673.263 to the
117.
much as 9,900 pounds. Express this weight in tons.
a.
nearest hundred
ELEPHANTS An adult elephant can consume as
b.
nearest ten
106.
much as 495 pounds of grass and leaves in one day.
nearest hundredth
c.
How many ounces is this?
nearest tenth
d.
107.
BUYING PAINT A painter estimates that he will
118.
Round 0.100602 to the
need 17 gallons of paint for a job. To take advantage
a.
nearest thousandth
of a closeout sale on quart cans, he decides to buy
nearest hundredth
the paint in quarts. How many cans will he need to
b.
buy?
c.
nearest tenth
d.
nearest one
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