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The voyage of the Mayflower took 2 months and 5 days. Convert the time to days.

65 days

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Lynn’s cruise lasted 6 days and 18 hours. Convert the time to hours.

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Baby Preston weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces at birth. Convert his weight to ounces.

115 ounces

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Baby Audrey weighted 6 pounds 15 ounces at birth. Convert her weight to ounces.

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Use Mixed Units of Measurement in the U.S. System

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Eli caught three fish. The weights of the fish were 2 pounds 4 ounces, 1 pound 11 ounces, and 4 pounds 14 ounces. What was the total weight of the three fish?

8 lbs. 13 oz.

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Judy bought 1 pound 6 ounces of almonds, 2 pounds 3 ounces of walnuts, and 8 ounces of cashews. How many pounds of nuts did Judy buy?

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One day Anya kept track of the number of minutes she spent driving. She recorded 45, 10, 8, 65, 20, and 35. How many hours did Anya spend driving?

3.05 hours

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Last year Eric went on 6 business trips. The number of days of each was 5, 2, 8, 12, 6, and 3. How many weeks did Eric spend on business trips last year?

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Renee attached a 6 feet 6 inch extension cord to her computer’s 3 feet 8 inch power cord. What was the total length of the cords?

10 ft. 2 in.

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Fawzi’s SUV is 6 feet 4 inches tall. If he puts a 2 feet 10 inch box on top of his SUV, what is the total height of the SUV and the box?

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Leilani wants to make 8 placemats. For each placemat she needs 18 inches of fabric. How many yards of fabric will she need for the 8 placemats?

4 yards

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Mireille needs to cut 24 inches of ribbon for each of the 12 girls in her dance class. How many yards of ribbon will she need altogether?

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Make Unit Conversions in the Metric System

In the following exercises, convert the units.

Ghalib ran 5 kilometers. Convert the length to meters.

5,000 meters

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Kitaka hiked 8 kilometers. Convert the length to meters.

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Estrella is 1.55 meters tall. Convert her height to centimeters.

155 centimeters

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The width of the wading pool is 2.45 meters. Convert the width to centimeters.

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Mount Whitney is 3,072 meters tall. Convert the height to kilometers.

3.072 kilometers

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The depth of the Mariana Trench is 10,911 meters. Convert the depth to kilometers.

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June’s multivitamin contains 1,500 milligrams of calcium. Convert this to grams.

1.5 grams

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A typical ruby-throated hummingbird weights 3 grams. Convert this to milligrams.

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One stick of butter contains 91.6 grams of fat. Convert this to milligrams.

91,600 milligrams

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One serving of gourmet ice cream has 25 grams of fat. Convert this to milligrams.

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The maximum mass of an airmail letter is 2 kilograms. Convert this to grams.

2,000 grams

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Dimitri’s daughter weighed 3.8 kilograms at birth. Convert this to grams.

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A bottle of wine contained 750 milliliters. Convert this to liters.

0.75 liters

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A bottle of medicine contained 300 milliliters. Convert this to liters.

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Use Mixed Units of Measurement in the Metric System

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Matthias is 1.8 meters tall. His son is 89 centimeters tall. How much taller is Matthias than his son?

91 centimeters

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Stavros is 1.6 meters tall. His sister is 95 centimeters tall. How much taller is Stavros than his sister?

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Source:  OpenStax, Elementary algebra. OpenStax CNX. Jan 18, 2017 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col12116/1.2
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