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Factor-Label Conversions
Any necessary conversion factors needed can be found on this page (or created from prefix conversions).
Sometimes there is more than 1 “path” between units.
Conversion factors:
1 mile = 5,280 feet
1 mile = 1760 yards
1 yard = 3 feet
1 foot = 12 inches
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 meter = 39.37 inches
1 year = 365.25 days
1 week = 7 days
1 day = 24 hours
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 quart = 2 pints
1 pint = 2 cups
1 cup = 8 fluid ounces
1 kg = 2.2 pounds
1 pound = 16 ounces
1 kg = 10 N
Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, copy the problem. Then, using the factor-label method, show all work
to solve. Answers are in parenthesis so you can check your work.
Convert:
1. 35 yards to miles
(.0199 miles)
5. 565,900 seconds into days
(6.55 days)
9. 100 yards into meters
(91.44 meters)
2. 2 hours into milliseconds
(7200000 milliseconds)
6. 17 years into minutes
(8.94 x 106 minutes)
10. 22,647 inches into miles
(.357 miles)
3. 5 gallons to oz.
(640 oz)
7. 43 miles into feet
(2.27 x 105 feet)
11. 2678 cm into feet
(88.16 feet)
4. 90 lbs to N
(400.34 N)
8. 165 pounds into kilograms
(74.84 kilograms)
12. 400 meters to miles
(.249 miles)
Convert:
13. 60 km/hr into m/sec
(16.67 m/s)
19. 53 yards per hour into inches per week
(320,544 inches/week)
14. 30 inches/day into ft/year
(913.11 ft/year)
20. 721 lbs per week into kg per second
(5.41 x 10-4 kg/s)
15. 60 miles per hour into meters per second
(26.82 m/s)
21. 88 inches per second into miles per day
(120 miles/day)
16. 60 miles/hr into yards/min
(1760 yards/minute)
22. 12080 gallons per month into liters per hour
(62.60 Liters/hr)
17. 130 meters per second into miles per hour
(290.80 mph)
23. 27 miles per gallon into kilometers per liter
(11.48 km/L)
18. 1100 feet per second into miles per hour
(750 mph)
24. 186,282 miles per second into meters per second
(3 x 108 m/s