conversions

Write in decimal form: 3 cm 7 mm = ? cm Remember that 1 cm = 10 mm Which means 1 mm = 1/10 cm = 0.1 cm So 7 mm = 7/10 cm = 0.7 cm Therefore, 3 cm 7 mm = 3.7 cm

How many microns are in a meter? 1 meter = 1,000,00 microns

What is the weight of a cubic meter of water? Express your answer in kilograms? 1 kilogram per cubic decimeter and 1000 cubic decimeters in a cubic meter = 1000 kilograms

How many millimeters are in a meter? 1 meter = 1,000 millimeters

If a Canadian dollar is worth $.82 in American money, how much is an American dollar worth in Canadian money? 1/0.82 = 1.22

A 1.5 inch tall preying mantis will sometimes hold its ground and attempt to fight a person who is 6 feet tall. If a person who is 6 feet tall is engaged in a battle with an animal that was proportionally as tall as the person is to the preying mantis, how tall would the animal be? In terms of...

Use the information below to determine the weight of 500 gallons of water. a) There are 1.057 quarts in a liter and 4 quarts in a gallon b) A cubic decimeter of water is a liter of water c) A cubic decimeter of water weighs one kilogram d) There are 2.2 pounds in a kilogram 500 gallons = 2000...

A student was trying to determine a formula for changing speeds that are written in feet per second into miles per hour. If a sprinter runs at a speed of n feet per second, what is her speed in miles per hour? 3600 seconds per hour = 3600n feet per hour 5280 feet per mile so we have: 3600n...

Dennis drank n pints of water during a marathon. How many gallons of water did he drink? 8 pints in a gallon, so 1/8 gallons in a pint. n/8 gallons

If a snail crawled n millimeters, how many kilometers did it travel? 1 millimeter = 1/1000 of a meter 1 meter = 1/1000 of a kilometer 1/1000 * 1/1000 = 0.000001 So our kilometers value is 0.000001n

Joe talked for n seconds. How many hours did Joe talk? 1 hour = 60 minutes * 6o seconds per minute = 3600 seconds So 1 second = 1/3600 hours Joe spoke n/3600 hours

What is the value of n quarters expressed as dollars? dollars = quarters/4 n/4 or 0.25n

If Colton ran n kilometers, how many millimeters did he run? 1 kilometer = 1,000,000 millimeters n kilometers = 1,000,000n millimeters

If a soccer ball was kicked at a distance of n decimeters, how many meters did it travel? Meters = Decimeters/10 Meters = n/10

William is traveling at a speed of 50 miles per hour. How far will William travel in n hours? 50 miles per hour * n hour = 50n miles

What is the value of an unknown number of nickels expressed in cents? 1 nickel = 5 cents n nickels = 5n cents

If Enika walked n yards, how many feet did she walk? 1 yard = 3 feet, so we have: n yards = 3n feet

Janey is n feet tall. How many inches tall is she? 1 foot = 12 inches n feet = 12n inches

If there are n days in a vacation, how many hours are there in a vacation? 1 day = 24 hours n days = 24n hours

Daniel's gas tank holds n gallons of gas. How many pints does the tank hold? Setup conversion: 1 gallon = 8 pints n gallons = 8n pints