Customary and Metric WarmUp Mabel and her mom are going shopping on Saturday They bought at least one item from each of the 3 departments that they visited Mabel gave the clerk 120 and she got back 1176 change What items did they buy Think about how much they spent NO TAX TODAY ID: 377779
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Converting Measurements
Customary and MetricSlide2
Warm-Up
Mabel and her mom are going shopping on Saturday. They bought at least one item from each of the 3 departments that they visited. Mabel gave the clerk $120 and she got back $11.76 change. What items did they buy? Think about how much they spent. NO TAX TODAY!
HOUSEWARES
Dishtowels: $11.38 Curtain Rods: $12.98 Bath Mats: $29.58CLOTHING Shirt: $30.98 Dress: $49.90 Slacks: $39.90TOOLS Hammer: $17.90 Saw: $23.90 Drill: $25.78
They bought curtain rods, bath mat, slacks, and a drill.
Hint: They bought 2 items from the housewares store!Slide3
Customary Measurementshttp://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/customaryunits
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Length1 foot (
ft)12 inches (in)1 yard (
yd
)
3 feet
1 mile (mi)
5,280 feet
1 mile (mi)
1,760 yardsSlide4
Customary Measurements
Weight
1
pound (lb)16 ounces (
oz)1 ton (T)2,000 poundsSlide5
Customary Measurements
Capacity
1 cup (c)
8 fluid ounces (fl oz
)1 pint (pt)
2 cups
1 quart (
qt
)
2 pints
1 gallon (gal)
4 quartsSlide6
Gallon Man!Slide7
Use Gallon Man to solve!
What is 36 pints converted into gallons?
How many pints make up the gallon?
36 pints
? gallons
=
8
pints
1
gallonSlide8
Use the conversion chart!
A large juice carton has a capacity of 64 fluid ounces. How many quarts is this?
Capacity
1 cup (c)
8 fluid ounces (fl oz
)
1 pint (
pt
)
2 cups
1 quart (
qt
)
2 pints
1 gallon (gal)
4 quarts
How many
fl
oz
are there in 1 cup?
How many cups are in a quart?
8
fl
oz
4
=
32
fl
oz
in 1 quart
32
fl
oz
1 quart
64
fl
oz
?
quarts
=
2 quartsSlide9
Use the conversion chart
How many inches are there in 7 yards?
Length
1
foot (ft)12 inches (in)
1 yard (
yd
)
3 feet
1 mile (mi)
5,280 feet
1 mile (mi)
1,760 yards
How many inches are there in 1 foot?
How many feet are there in 1 yard?
12 in
3
=
36 in. in 1 yard
12 in
1 yard
?
in
7
yards
=
84 inchesSlide10
Metric Units http://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/metricunits
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Metric units use a series of prefixes Metric Units
KiloHectoDeka
Base
Deci
Centi
Milli
Base Measurements
Liter (capacity)
Meter (length)
Gram (mass)Slide11
Most Commonly Used Metric Measurements
Length
1 centimeter (cm)
10 millimeters (mm)1 meter (m)
100 centimeters1 meter
1000 millimeters
1 kilometer
(km)
1000 metersSlide12
Most Commonly Used Metric Measurements
Mass
1 gram (g)
1000 milligrams (mg)1 kilogram (kg)
1000 grams1 metric ton (t)
1000 kilograms
Capacity
1 liter (L)
1000 milliliters (mL)Slide13
How to convert metric units
K H D B D C M
Just count the number of letters from the measurement you start with to the number measurement you are converting to
Move your decimal that many placesSlide14
Metric Conversion Example
A box of cereal has a mass of 425 g. How many kilograms is this?
K H D B D C M
.425 kg
1
2
3
425 gSlide15
Metric Conversion Example
What is 765 millimeters in kilometers?
K H D B D C M
765 mm
.000765 km