πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.A.1
🎀 Unit conversion stories
Convert units, multi-step
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe makes 5 quarts of lemonade and pours out 3 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
2Maya makes 2 quarts of lemonade and pours out 3 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
3Maya has a ribbon 4 meters long and cuts it into pieces 50 centimeters long. How many pieces?
Answer: ______________ pieces
4A board is 7 feet 10 inches long. Sam cuts off 11 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
5Zoe has a ribbon 2 meters long and cuts it into pieces 25 centimeters long. How many pieces?
Answer: ______________ pieces
6Leo makes 6 quarts of lemonade and pours out 2 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
7Leo makes 6 quarts of lemonade and pours out 3 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
8Priya makes 2 quarts of lemonade and pours out 2 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
9Aiden makes 4 quarts of lemonade and pours out 3 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
10A board is 8 feet 7 inches long. Priya cuts off 25 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
11Lily makes 4 quarts of lemonade and pours out 2 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
12A board is 4 feet 6 inches long. Zoe cuts off 19 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
Answer key: Unit conversion stories
- 1. 17 cups
- 2. 5 cups
- 3. 8 pieces
- 4. 83 inches
- 5. 8 pieces
- 6. 22 cups
- 7. 21 cups
- 8. 6 cups
- 9. 13 cups
- 10. 78 inches
- 11. 14 cups
- 12. 35 inches
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