Math 123 Quantitative Reasoning Homework 9 - Sec 10 Measurement Conversions 1. James Madison was the shortest US president at 64 inches in height. Convert his height to feet. (round to two decimal places) 2. Your teacher says she will give you 5000 seconds to complete the practice test, how long is this in minutes? (round to one decimal place) 3. Convert 4 days to seconds. 4. Mt. Everest is 20,029 feet, how many miles is this? (round to two decimal places) 5. Convert 4 cups to pints. 6. You buy 10 gallons of ice cream for a party, how many cup sized containers can you fill with this? 7. You need 154 cm of thread for a project, how many meters is this? 8. Your friend weights 62 kg, how many grams is this? 9. Your friend weights 62 kg, how many pounds is this? (round to two decimal places) 10. The label on an auto pet feeder says it holds 4.8 kg of dry food. How many pounds of food does it hold? (round to two decimal places) Labels for Blackboard: centimeters, cups, feet, gallons, grams, inches, kilograms, liters, meters, miles, minutes, ounces, pints, pounds, quarts, seconds, yards, years Math 123 Quantitative Reasoning Homework 9 - Sec 10 Measurement Conversions 11. A barrel holds 50 L, how many gallons is this? 12. The length of a football field is 100 yards. In constructing a football field in Europe, the specifications have to be given in metric units. How long is a football field in meters? (round to the nearest whole number) 13. How many cups are in a gallon of coffee? 14. How many seconds are in a year? 15. The average loaf of artisan bread from the bakery weighs 700 grams. How many ounces is that? (round to the nearest whole number) 16. Vesna Vulovic survived the longest fall on record without a parachute when her plane exploded and she fell 6 miles and 551 yards. What is this distance in yards? What is this distance in meters? (round yards to nearest whole number, round meters to one decimal place) Questions 17-18. A basketball player is 6 ft. 4 in. tall and a volleyball player who is 1.75 m. 17. How tall is the basketball player in meters? How tall is the volleyball player in feet? (round to one decimal place) 18. Who is taller? Questions 19-20. Your friend tells you it took 300 L of gasoline to fill up their car's gas tank. 19. How many gallon did they use? 20. Is this reasonable? Labels for Blackboard: centimeters, cups, feet, gallons, grams, inches, kilograms, liters, meters, miles, minutes, ounces, pints, pounds, quarts, seconds, yards, years