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JJ’s cat, Posy, weighs 14 pounds. Convert her weight to ounces.

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April’s dog, Beans, weighs 8 pounds. Convert his weight to ounces.

128 ounces

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Baby Preston weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces at birth. Convert his weight to ounces.

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Baby Audrey weighed 6 pounds 15 ounces at birth. Convert her weight to ounces.

111 ounces

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Crista will serve 20 cups of juice at her son’s party. Convert the volume to gallons.

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Lance needs 500 cups of water for the runners in a race. Convert the volume to gallons.

31.25 gallons

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Use Mixed Units of Measurement in the U.S. System

In the following exercises, solve and write your answer in mixed units.

Eli caught three fish. The weights of the fish were 2 pounds 4 ounces, 1 pound 11 ounces, and 4 pounds 14 ounces. What was the total weight of the three fish?

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Judy bought 1 pound 6 ounces of almonds, 2 pounds 3 ounces of walnuts, and 8 ounces of cashews. What was the total weight of the nuts?

4 lbs. 1 oz.

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One day Anya kept track of the number of minutes she spent driving. She recorded trips of 45 , 10 , 8 , 65 , 20 , and 35 minutes. How much time (in hours and minutes) did Anya spend driving?

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Last year Eric went on 6 business trips. The number of days of each was 5 , 2 , 8 , 12 , 6 , and 3. How much time (in weeks and days) did Eric spend on business trips last year?

5 weeks and 1 day

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Renee attached a 6-foot-6-inch extension cord to her computer’s 3-foot-8-inch power cord. What was the total length of the cords?

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Fawzi’s SUV is 6 feet 4 inches tall. If he puts a 2-foot-10-inch box on top of his SUV, what is the total height of the SUV and the box?

9 ft 2 in

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Leilani wants to make 8 placemats. For each placemat she needs 18 inches of fabric. How many yards of fabric will she need for the 8 placemats?

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Mireille needs to cut 24 inches of ribbon for each of the 12 girls in her dance class. How many yards of ribbon will she need altogether?

8 yards

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Make Unit Conversions in the Metric System

In the following exercises, convert the units.

Ghalib ran 5 kilometers. Convert the length to meters.

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Kitaka hiked 8 kilometers. Convert the length to meters.

8000 meters

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Estrella is 1.55 meters tall. Convert her height to centimeters.

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The width of the wading pool is 2.45 meters. Convert the width to centimeters.

245 centimeters

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Mount Whitney is 3,072 meters tall. Convert the height to kilometers.

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The depth of the Mariana Trench is 10,911 meters. Convert the depth to kilometers.

10.911 kilometers

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June’s multivitamin contains 1,500 milligrams of calcium. Convert this to grams.

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A typical ruby-throated hummingbird weights 3 grams. Convert this to milligrams.

3000 milligrams

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One stick of butter contains 91.6 grams of fat. Convert this to milligrams.

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One serving of gourmet ice cream has 25 grams of fat. Convert this to milligrams.

25,000 milligrams

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The maximum mass of an airmail letter is 2 kilograms. Convert this to grams.

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Dimitri’s daughter weighed 3.8 kilograms at birth. Convert this to grams.

3800 grams

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A bottle of wine contained 750 milliliters. Convert this to liters.

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A bottle of medicine contained 300 milliliters. Convert this to liters.

0.3 liters

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Use Mixed Units of Measurement in the Metric System

In the following exercises, solve and write your answer in mixed units.

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Source:  OpenStax, Prealgebra. OpenStax CNX. Jul 15, 2016 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11756/1.9
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