Unit 1
Units of Conversion
Units of Length
Units of Mass/Weight
1 foot = 12 inches
Foot/Feet (ft.)
1 pound = 16 ounces
Pound (lb.)
3 feet = 1 yard
Inch (in.)
1 pound = 454 grams
Ounce (oz).
1 mile = 5,280 feet
Mile (mi.)
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 ton = 2000 pounds
Yard (yd.)
Ton (t.)
Gram (g.)
BASE UNIT (Grams)
Meter (m)
BASE UNIT (Meters)
Units of Volume
Units of Time
1 gallon = 4 quarts
Cup (c.)
1 year = 12 months
Hour (hr.)
1 quart= 2 pints
Gallon (gal.)
1 year= 52 weeks
Seconds (sec.)
1.06 quarts = 1 liter
Fluid ounce (fl oz.)
1 week = 7 days
Minutes (min.)
Pint (pt.)
1 day = 24 hours
Week (wk.)
Quart (qt.)
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 pint = 2 cups
1 cup = 8 fluid ounces
Liters (L.)
1 gallon = 3.79 liters
Year (yr.)
1 minute = 60 seconds
BASE UNIT (Seconds)
BASE UNIT (Liters)
Unit Conversions: Meters (m), Liters (L), Grams (g), &
Seconds (sec.)
Kilok
1000
hectorH
100
decada
10
Base Unit
B
m, L, g
decid
0.1
Centic
0.01
Millim
0.001
REMEMBER: King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk
Example: If you are given kilometers and need to convert to centimeters, start at kilo on the table and
count how many times you need to move to get to centi. You moved 5 times to the right, so now take
your number and move the decimal 5 times to the right to convert. DON’T FORGET UNITS
Example: 5 kilo = 50 hecto = 500 deca = 5000 units = 50,000 deci = 500,000 centi = 5,000,000 mili
Unit 1
Practice Problems
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1 m = 100 cm
1 km = ? Hm
7.2 mg = .72 cg
52 kL = ? mL
.001 Hsec = .1 sec
Let’s try some more challenging conversions…
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7.8 minutes = ? seconds
18,000 ft = ? miles
12 ft = ? cm
1 ton = ? grams
The car was driving 52 miles per hour. Convert to feet
per second.
Remember put what you want to find over what you are given.