Measurement Examples And Worksheet - A-64 Appendix 5 Page 27
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36A-89
V.2 Metric Units of Measurement
88.
THE SUEZ CANAL The 163-km-long Suez Canal
97.
SIX PACKS Some stores sell Fanta orange soda in
connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. It
0.5 liter bottles. How many milliliters are there in a
provides a shortcut for ships operating between
six pack of this size bottle?
European and American ports. Convert the length of
CONTAINERS How many deciliters of root beer
98.
the Suez Canal to meters.
are in two 2-liter bottles?
OLIVES The net weight of a bottle of olives is 284
99.
grams. Find the smallest number of bottles that must
SYRIA
Mediterranean
be purchased to have at least 1 kilogram of olives.
Sea
IRAQ
IRAN
100.
COFFEE A can of Cafe Vienna has a net weight of
Suez Canal
133 grams. Find the smallest number of cans that
EGYPT
must be packaged to have at least 1 metric ton of
coffee. (Hint: 1 metric ton
1,000 kg.)
U.A.E.
SAUDI ARABIA
OMAN
INJECTIONS The illustration below shows a
101.
3cc syringe. Express its capacity using units of
SUDAN
Red
milliliters.
Sea
Indian
YEMEN
Flange
Ocean
ETHIOPIA
}
Tip
89.
SKYSCRAPERS The John Hancock Center in
3cc
2
1 / 2
2
1
1 / 2
1
1 / 2
0
Plunger
Chicago has 100 stories and is 343 meters high. Give
this height in hectometers.
Capacity
WEIGHT OF A BABY A baby weighs 4 kilograms.
90.
Give this weight in centigrams.
102.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES A doctor ordered 2,000 cc
of a saline (salt) solution from a pharmacy. How
HEALTH CARE Blood
91.
many liters of saline solution is this?
pressure is measured by a
sphygmomanometer (see
WRITING
at right). The measurement
is read at two points
To change 3.452 kilometers to meters, we can move
103.
and is expressed, for
the decimal point in 3.452 three places to the right to
example, as 120/80.
get 3,452 meters. Explain why.
This indicates a
104.
To change 7,532 grams to kilograms, we can move
systolic pressure of
the decimal point in 7,532 three places to the left to
120 millimeters of
get 7.532 kilograms. Explain why.
mercury and a diastolic
A centimeter is one hundredth of a meter. Make a
105.
pressure of 80 millimeters of mercury. Convert each
list of five other words that begin with the prefix
measurement to centimeters of mercury.
centi or cent and write a definition for each.
JEWELRY A gold chain weighs 1,500 milligrams.
92.
106.
List the advantages of the metric system of
Give this weight in grams.
measurement as compared to the American system.
EYE DROPPERS One drop from an eye dropper
93.
There have been several attempts to bring the
is 0.05 mL. Convert the capacity of one drop to
metric system into general use in the United States.
liters.
Why do you think these efforts have been
94.
BOTTLING How many liters of wine are in a
unsuccessful?
750-mL bottle?
R E V I E W
95.
MEDICINE A bottle of hydrochlorothiazine contains
60 tablets. If each tablet contains 50 milligrams of active
Write each fraction as a decimal. Use an overbar in your answer.
ingredient, how many grams of active ingredient are in
8
11
107.
108.
the bottle?
9
12
96.
IBUPROFEN
7
1
What is the total
109.
110.
90
66
weight, in grams,
of all the tablets
in the box shown
at right?
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