1. AIM: Converting Metric
Measurements
Do Now
Basic Skills Quiz #9
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2. Basic Skills Quiz #9
1.) Multiply and write your answer in simplest form.
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3 3
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2.) Complete the following decimal operation.
36 ÷ 2.5
3.) What is the Least Common Multiple of 4 and 20?
4.) Fill in the box with <, >, or =.
0.05 0.015
5.) Round the following to the nearest hundredth.
567.123 feet
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3. Homework: Pages 416-417#3, 8, 9, 15, 18, 19, 20, 24, 46-49 all
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4. The Big Idea
Use the following proportion to convert
measurements.
Given = x
Given's Unknown's
Conversion Fact Conversion Fact
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5. Anticipatory Set: Read over the following table and choose the most
appropriate measure for the objects below.
Choose the appropriate metric unit.
1. Your height
2. The amount of water in Mr. Tjersland‛s
water bottle
3. The length of a pencil
4. The mass of a pencil
5. Your mass
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6. 1
A.) Convert 365 centimeters to meters.
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7. 2
B.) Convert 2.7 kilograms to grams.
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8. 3
C.) Mr. Juarez bought 6 bottles of orange juice. Each bottle
contained 1,200 milliliters of juice. How many liters of juice did
he buy?
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9. 4
D.) John rode 2 kilometers on his bike. His sister Sally
rode 3500 meters on her bike. Who rode the farthest and
how much farther did they ride (answer in km)?
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10. 5
E.) You weigh 458 grams of a substance for an experiment in
science. How many kilograms is the sample?
kilograms = ______
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11. 6
E.) You weigh 458 grams of a substance for an experiment in
science. How many milligrams is the sample?
milligrams = _______
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12. 7
F.) Katherine was given a tiny lamb by her uncle.
The lamb was a runt and had to be fed by hand.
Every three hours Katherine had to give it two
hundred ninety milliliters of formula. How much
formula, in liters, will the lamb get in 24 hours?
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13. 8
G.) Sunshine Airline requires each suitcase to weigh 31.75
kilograms or less before it can go onto the airplane. Trisha‛s
suitcase weighs 3,620 grams before it is packed. What is
the maximum amount of weight, in kilograms, Trisha can pack
in her suitcase and still be allowed to bring her suitcase onto
the airplane?
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14. BEFORE YOU LEAVE
1.) Which system did you find easier to use when converting,
customary or metric? Explain your answer
2.) In the 1970‛s, President Gerald R. Ford backed a law for
America to change to Metric System, why do you think it
failed?
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15. Mr. Tjersland's Math 7
Homework: Pages 416-417 #5, 6, 14, 16, 17, 26, 29, 34, 39, 50
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16. AIM: Converting Metric
Measurements
Given = x
Given's Unknown's
Conversion Fact Conversion Fact
A.) Convert 365 centimeters to meters.
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17. AIM: Converting Metric
Measurements
Given = x
Given's Unknown's
Conversion Fact Conversion Fact
B.) Convert 2.7 centimeters to millimeters.
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