πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.A.1
🎀 Unit conversion stories
Convert units, multi-step
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Lily makes 6 quarts of lemonade and pours out 3 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
2Aiden makes 6 quarts of lemonade and pours out 2 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
3Priya has a ribbon 5 meters long and cuts it into pieces 20 centimeters long. How many pieces?
Answer: ______________ pieces
4A board is 4 feet 5 inches long. Leo cuts off 11 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
5A board is 8 feet 3 inches long. Maya cuts off 28 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
6Maya makes 2 quarts of lemonade and pours out 2 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
7Lily makes 3 quarts of lemonade and pours out 2 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
8A board is 5 feet 11 inches long. Omar cuts off 15 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Leo makes 6 quarts of lemonade and pours out 3 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
10A board is 4 feet 10 inches long. Maya cuts off 29 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
11A board is 6 feet 11 inches long. Lily cuts off 17 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
12Leo has a ribbon 5 meters long and cuts it into pieces 20 centimeters long. How many pieces?
Answer: ______________ pieces
Answer key: Unit conversion stories
- 1. 21 cups
- 2. 22 cups
- 3. 25 pieces
- 4. 42 inches
- 5. 71 inches
- 6. 6 cups
- 7. 10 cups
- 8. 56 inches
- 9. 21 cups
- 10. 29 inches
- 11. 66 inches
- 12. 25 pieces
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