Name ______________________________
Per. _____ Date _____________________
Measurement & Conversions Lab
Part One
1.
The 3x5 index card is _______ cm long and ________ wide.
2.
The 3x5 index card is _______ m long and ________ wide.
3.
The lines on notebook (college ruled) paper are ___________ mm apart.
4.
The length of notebook (8 ½ x 11) paper is ____________ cm long.
5.
The width of notebook (8 ½ x 11) paper is ____________ cm wide.
6.
The dimensions of your Earth Science Book are ______ cm long, _______
cm wide and ________ cm thick.
7.
The width of your lab table top is _____ m and the length is _______ m.
8.
A 100 ml beaker is __________ mm tall and has a diameter measured across
the bottom of ____________ mm.
9.
The Petri dish is ___________ cm in diameter which is _________ mm.
10.
The height of a Petri dish is __________ cm, which is _________ mm.
11.
How tall are you in meters? ___________________ (Hint: Have a partner
make a mark on the white board in the front of the class and measure from
the floor to the mark).
Part Two
12.
How many millimeters are there in a centimeter?
Set this up as a ratio:
mm
1 cm
_________
13.
How many centimeters are there in a meter?
Set this up as a ratio:
cm
1 m
_________
14.
How many millimeters are there in a meter?
Set this up as a ratio:
mm
1 m
_________
15.
How many meters are there in a kilometer?
Set this up as a ratio:
m
1 km
_________
16.
There are about 2.5 cm in an inch.
Set this up as a ratio:
cm
1 In
_________
17.
Thre are about 3.3 feet in a meter.
Set this up as a ratio:
ft
1 m
_________
18.
There are about 0.6 miles in a kilometer.
Set this up as a ratio:
miles
1 km
_________
Do the following conversions. Remember to “cross multiply and divide”.
19.
x mm= 10 mm x =_____
25 cm 1 cm
20.
x cm= 100 cm x = _____
3m
1m
21.
x mm= 1000 mm x = __
0.75 m
1m
22.
x cm= 2.5 cm x = ______
14 in
1 in
23.
x ft= 3.3 ft
150 m 1 m
24.
x miles= 0.6 miles x =____
150 km
1 km
27.
x cm = 2.5 cm x =_____
23.75 in
1 in
28.
72 cm= 2.5 cm x = ______
x in
1 in
29.
27 cm= 5.2 cm x = _____
x in
1 in
30.
12 miles= 0.6 miles x = ___
x km
1 km
31.
7 miles= 0.6 miles x = ___
x km
1 km
32.
45 ft= 3.3 ft
xm
1m
33.
10.5 ft= 3.3 ft
x = _____
xm
1m
x = ______
25.
x miles= 0.6 miles x = ___
200 km
1 km
26.
x cm= 2.5 cm x = ______
5.5 in
1 in
x = ______