Algebra 1Lesson 56

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Algebra 1 Lesson 56
Length Conversions
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Distance/Length Conversions
A U.S. System
1 foot (ft)
12 inches (in)
1 yard (yd)
3 feet (ft)
1 mile (mi)
5280 feet (ft)
Ex. Convert
1 48 inches to feet.
4 ft
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Ex. Convert
2 40,000 feet to miles.
7.576 mi
3 18 miles to inches.
1,140,480 in
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Distance/Length Conversions
B Metric System
1 centimeter (cm)
10 millimeters (mm)
1 meter (m)
100 centimeters (cm)
1 kilometer (km)
1000 meters (m)
Ex. Convert
1 42 millimeters to centimeters.
4.2 cm
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Ex. Convert
2 4 centimeters to meters.
0.04 m
3 24 kilometers to centimeters
2,400,000 cm
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Distance/Length Conversions
C U.S. System to Metric System
1 inch (in)
2.54 centimeters (cm)
Ex. Convert
1 16 inches to centimeters.
40.64 cm
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Ex. Convert
2 20 centimeters to inches.
7.874 in
3 200 inches to meters.
5.08 m
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1 Bret had to run 10 miles but only had a ruler
to measure the distance with. How many feet will
he need to run?
miles
feet
52,800 ft
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2 Dorothy was running to Oz and broke her
ankle. She had run 4000 meters.
meters
a How many centimeters had she run?
centimeters
40,000 cm
b If Toto ran the rest of the way home, how
many kilometers did he run if the total trip was
6000 meters?
kilometers
meters
2 km
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3 Gretchen was a furniture builder that had one
25 foot length of pine. She needed pieces cut
into lengths of 1 yard.
foot
a How many full yard pieces of wood will she
have after cutting?
yard
8 pieces
b How many inches long is the left over piece?
inches
8 yd pieces 24 feet
12 in
There is 1 foot left.
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4 If you ran one lap around the PHS track, you
would have run 400 meters. How many feet would
you have run?
meters
feet
1312.336 ft
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5 The room was measured to have a perimeter of
60 feet? A new builder wanted to convert that
measurement into meters. How many meters is the
rooms perimeter?
feet
meters
18.288 m
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TOOLBOX
Convert 6 miles to km.
9.656 km
Assignment Problem Set 56