πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.MD.A.1
🎀 Unit conversion stories
Convert units, multi-step
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A board is 3 feet 9 inches long. Lily cuts off 23 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
2A board is 4 feet 10 inches long. Omar cuts off 29 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
3Leo makes 5 quarts of lemonade and pours out 2 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
4A board is 6 feet 6 inches long. Leo cuts off 25 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
5Priya makes 6 quarts of lemonade and pours out 3 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
6A board is 7 feet 11 inches long. Lily cuts off 12 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
7Sam makes 3 quarts of lemonade and pours out 2 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
8A board is 8 feet 10 inches long. Omar cuts off 27 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
9Priya makes 5 quarts of lemonade and pours out 2 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
10Aiden makes 3 quarts of lemonade and pours out 2 cups. How many cups are left? (1 quart = 4 cups)
Answer: ______________ cups
11Omar has a ribbon 5 meters long and cuts it into pieces 50 centimeters long. How many pieces?
Answer: ______________ pieces
12A board is 8 feet 1 inches long. Sam cuts off 15 inches. How many inches long is it now?
Answer: ______________ inches
Answer key: Unit conversion stories
- 1. 22 inches
- 2. 29 inches
- 3. 18 cups
- 4. 53 inches
- 5. 21 cups
- 6. 83 inches
- 7. 10 cups
- 8. 79 inches
- 9. 18 cups
- 10. 10 cups
- 11. 10 pieces
- 12. 82 inches
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