Unit 6 Measurement and Scale Factor Study Guide
Choose the most appropriate measurement:
1. What would you use to find
the capacity of a small
aquarium?
6. What would you use to find
to measure the thickness of a
nickel?
2. What would you use to find
the width of your calculator?
7. What would you use to find
to measure a pencil?
3. Jenna wants to weigh a
watermelon. What benchmark
should she use for the weight
of the watermelon?
8. Andrew filled a tablespoon
with water. What benchmark
should he use for the capacity
of the tablespoon?
4. What would you use to find
to measure a new crayon?
5. What would you use to find
to weight computer?
11. George’s two rabbits each
weigh 24 ounces. How many
pounds do they weigh
together?
16. 4 quarts= _ pints
12. Loretta needs to add 2
gallons of water to her fish
tank, but she only has a cup to
measure the water. How many
cups does she need to add?
17. 4 pounds =_
ounces
13. 3 yards= _ inches
18. 80 ounces= _
pounds
9. What would you use to find
to measure the mass of a box
of tissues?
14. yards _ =87 feet
19. 5 miles= _ yards
10. What would you use to
find to measure the capacity
of a soda bottle?
15. cups _ =104 fluid ounces
20 36 inches= _ yard
21. A lamppost casts a
shadow that is 35 yards
long. A 3-foot-tall mailbox
casts a shadow that is 5
yards long. How tall is the
lamppost?
23.. Monifa made a scale
model of a helicopter. If the
scale is 1 in. = 3 ft, and the
model is 3 ¾ inches tall,
how tall is the actual
helicopter?
22. A building casts a
shadow that is 348 meters
long. At the same time, a
person who is 2 meters tall
casts a shadow that is 6
meters long. How tall is the
building?
24.. The scale in a scale
drawing Brittany made of
her backyard is 1 inch = 15
feet. A line 2.5 inches long
represents how many feet?
25. 50 cm= _ mm
28. 0.9 km =_ m
26. 3.6 L= _ mL
29. 1.42 m= _ cm
27, 6.5 kg= _ g
30. 12.85 mL= _ L