Practice problems of the unit conversion of a length
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- There 32
There are 20 magazines in a pile. Each magazine is 5 mm thick. How high is the pile in meters? - A road
A road on a map measures 8cm long. The scale of the map is 25000. Calculate the actual length of the road - The corn
When the corn was ready for harvest 75 days later, it measured 2 ¼ meters high. What is the measurement in centimeters? - Map scale
On a map, on a scale of 1:50000, what is the distance in kilometers that 6 cm on the map represents?
- The playhouse
The drawings of the playhouse are made on a scale of 1:50. In the drawing, the length of the cottage is 4.5 cm. How long is the playhouse actually? - Saw a board
A board of 16 3-fourths inches is cut from a board that is 3 feet long. If the width of the saw cut is one-eighth inch, what is the length of the remaining piece? - Nautical vs statue mile
A nautical mile is the unit of length used in sea and air navigation. A nautical mile is equal to 6,076 feet. What percent of a statue mile (5,280 ft) is a nautical mile? - A ship 2
A ship runs at 15 1/2 knots (pls convert to nautical miles per hour) for 3 1/2 hours. How far does the ship travel? - ABCD on a map
Dinesh went from place A to place B and from there to place C. A is 7.5 km from B, and B is 12.7 km from C. Ayub went from place A to place D and from there to place C. D is 9.3 km from A, and C is 11.8 km from D. Who traveled more, and by how much?
- Complete 16
Complete the conversions below, show calculations and answers 1) 3.5 kg to gram 2) 4567ml to litres 3) R45.78 to cent 4) 5.60m to centimeters - Mr. Lee
Mr. Lee has a rope. The total length of the rope is 5 meters. He cuts off 350 centimeters of rope to use in his garden and another 75 centimeters to hang a bird feeder. What is the length of the rope he has left in centimeters? - Train same direction
Find the time taken by a train 170 m long, running at the speed of 83 km/h to cross another train 180 m running at the speed of 65 km/h in the same direction . - The factory 3
The factory is 18 km away from the city. A cyclist leaves the factory for the city, and half an hour after him from the same place, a motorcyclist arrives 6 minutes before the cyclist in the city. Find the speed of each, knowing that the speed of the cycl - Two persons
Two persons are walking beside a railway track at respective speeds of 2 and 4 km per hour in the same direction. A train came from behind them and crossed them in 90 and 100 seconds, respectively. Find the length of the train.
- A biker
A biker traveled from city A to city B via city C with a uniform speed of 52 km/h. He then returned directly to city A with a uniform speed of 89 km/h. Find, in minutes, the total time of his whole journey to two decimal places. City distance A from B is - A triangular
A triangular frame has sides that measure 15’-7",20’-4", and 26’-2". What is the total length of the three sides? - FRAMES
Joe is making picture frames out of wood. The length of each frame is 10 inches, and the width is 8 inches. Each piece of wood used to make the frames is 8 feet long. How many pieces of wood will he need to make 10 picture frames? Clue: find the perimeter - Sand castles
Hana's sand castle measures 19 feet by 15 feet and has a perimeter of 68. Thomas's sand castle measures 8 yards by 6 yards. What is the difference between the two perimeters? - Scale model
In a model train set, 1.38 inches represents one foot in real life. The height of One World Trade Center in New York City is 1776 feet. How tall would a scale model of the building be? Should you calculate 1776 x 1.38 or 1776 ÷ 1.38?
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