Measurements( Week 2 Evaluation) 1. There are 24 hours a day, 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute. There are even smaller time units, such as millisecond (10 −3 second), microsecond (10 −6 second), nanosecond (10 −9 second). How many seconds are in 2 hours 53 minutes? 5. Inches, feet, yards, and miles are used in the U.S. customary length system. | 1 foot (ft.) = 12 inches (in.) | | 1 yard (yd.) = 3 feet | | 1 mile (mi.) = 1760 yards | How many inches are there in 6 yards and 1 foot? 6. Inches, feet, yards, and miles are used in the U.S. customary length system. | 1 foot (ft.) = 12 inches (in.) | | 1 yard (yd.) = 3 feet | | 1 mile (mi.) = 1760 yards |
What is the difference in inches between 1 ft. 9 in. and 2 ft. 6 in.? 7. There are milligram, grams, kilograms and (metric) ton in the Metric weight system. | 1 gram (g.) = 1000 milligrams (mg.) | | 1 kilogram (kg.) = 1000 grams | | 1 (metric) ton (t.) = 1000 kilograms | How many grams are in 0.445 metric ton? 8. There are fluid ounce, cup, pint, quart and gallon in the U.S. customary volume (capacity) system. | 1 cup (c.) = 8 fluid ounces (oz.) | | 1 pint (pt.) = 2 cups | | 1 quart (qt.) = 2 pints | | 1 gallon (gal.) = 4 quarts | How many fluid ounces are in 8 gallons? 9. Each container can hold 32 fluid ounces of syrup. How many such containers are needed for holding 5 gallons of syrup? (Note that 1 gallon = 128 fluid ounces) |