Customary Measurement Conversions
12 inches equals
1 foot
1,760 yards equals
1 mile
5,280 feet equals
1 mile
Sam bought 3 bottles of antibacterial hand soap. Each bottle holds a quart of soap. How many fluid ounces of soap are there in all of the bottles combined?
1 quart = 32 fluid ounces. So 3 quarts = 32 x 3 which equals 96 fluid ounces of soap.
A loaded truck weighs about 30 tons. How many pounds is that?
1 ton = 2,000 pounds, so 30 tons = 2,000 x 30 = 60,000 pounds.
Mr. Smith ordered 4 tons of gravel for a driveway. How many pounds of gravel is that?
1 ton = 2,000 pounds, so 4 tons = 2,000 x 4 = 8,000 pounds.
3 feet equals
1 yard
36 inches equals
1 yard
1 gallon = ? cups
16 cups =1 gallon
How many ounces are in 2 pounds?
16 ounces are in 1 pound, so there would be 32 ounces in 2 pounds.
How many pints in a quart?
2 pints = 1 quart
How many pounds are in a ton?
2,000 pounds = 1 ton
How many cups are in a quart?
4 cups = 1 quarts
How many quarts are in a gallon?
4 quarts = 1 gallon
How many fluid ounces are in a cup?
8 fluid ounces
How many pints in a gallon?
8 pints = 1 gallon
The distance between the office and the parking lot is 135 feet. How many yards is that?
First I think: I am going from feet(a smaller unit) to yards (a bigger unit). That means I will divide. There are 3 feet in 1 yard, so I will divide 135 by 3 in order to get 45 yards. That makes sense.
Ted bought an 8-foot piece of lumber to trim a bookshelf. Altogether he needs 100 inches of lumber for the trim. Did Ted buy enough lumber?
I need to find out how many inches are in 8 feet. Well, in every foot there are 12 inches. So, in 8 feet there are 12 x 8 inches which is 96 inches. Ted needs 100 inches, so he did not buy enough lumber. He needs 4 more inches.
A recipe calls for 32 fluid ounces of milk. How many 1 pint containers of milk are needed for the recipe?
There are 16 fluid ounces in 1 pint. In order to have 32 ounces, you will need 2 x 16. So you will need 2 pints.
John bought 3 pounds of potato salad. How many ounces is that?
There are 16 ounces in 1 pound, so there are 16 x 3 = 48 ounces in 3 pounds.
Jill bought 36 yards of fabric to make dresses for her dolls. What is the length in inches?
Think about it. For every yard there are 36 inches. So you will have a much larger number of inches than yards. That means you will be multiplying. There are 36 inches in 1 yard, so I would multiply 36 x 36 which equals 1,296 inches.
Julie is 64 inches tall. Jamie is 5 inches taller than she is. What is Jamie's height in feet and inches?
Well, first I will find Jamie's height in inches. 64 inches + 5 inches = 69 inches. Next, I need to find out how many feet that is. There are 12 inches in 1 foot. So I will divide 69 by 12. 12 x 5 = 60 with 9 left over. Jamie's height is 6 feet 9 inches.
Tina filled 72 plastic glasses with fruit punch for a school party. Each glass holds 1 cup of punch. How many quarts of fruit punch did she use?
Well, if Tina filled 72 glasses which held a cup of punch each, she used 72 cups of punch. To find out how many quarts that is I first think, cups are smaller than quarts which means the number of quarts will be less than the number of cups, so I must divide to find my answer. There are 4 cups in a quart, so I divide 72 by 4 and get the answer 18. There are 72 cups equals 18 quarts.
Sara can take no more than 22 pounds of luggage on a trip. Her suitcase weighs 112 ounces. How many more pounds can she pack without going over the limit? How will you solve this?
You need to find out how many pounds Sara has already packed. So, you need to first divide 112 ounces by 16, since there are 16 ounces in a pound. Then subtract how many pounds that is from the total she can have to find out how many more pounds she can pack.
Students picked 576 ounces of apples to make apple cider. How many pounds of apples is this? Will you divide or multiply to find the answer?
You will divide 576 ounces by 16, since there are 16 ounces in 1 pound.
Which is bigger, quart or pint?
quart. It takes 2 pints to make a quart.
