April 15, 2012

Customary Unit Conversions

April 15, 2012

Gonquili the alien is new to the planet. He is collecting data to bring back to his home planet of Zonshwil. He is not familiar with the U.S customary units of measurement. His data is all in the wrong units.

Your Job: Gonquili hired you to convert measurements of all objects to their correct units. Your Challenge: If you successfully convert the distance around the world from feet to miles, you will become an honored Converter on the planet of Zonshwil.

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Your first step: Complete the Unit Conversion Chart. Use the yard stick and ruler as reference.
1 foot 1 yard 1 mile
inches feet 5280 feet

How do you convert from: Inches to Feet? Feet to inches? Feet to yards? Yards to feet? Feet to miles? Miles to feet? Miles to inches? Inches to miles?

Your Second Step: We need to practice first! Take a look at the Converting Practice. Convert the measurements to their appropriate units.

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Converting Practice: 1. 6 feet= inches 2. 12 feet= yards 3. 6 yards= feet 4. 48 inches= feet 5. 18 yards= inches 6. 18 inches= feet

Help Gonquili!
Flag: 48 inches= ft.

Statue of Liberty: 1812 inches=

ft.

Height of a human man: 72 inches=

ft.

Length of a football field: 360 feet=

yards

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Your Third Step: Challenge! Convert the Gonquili measured around the Earth in inches. Convert the measurement to miles and become an honored Converter on his home planet!

Gonquili needs to know how far the earth is around. If he were to go around the equator, how many miles would he travel? He knows the earth is 15,77,727,360 inches around. How many miles is this? Covert the measurement to miles working with your partner. If you successfully complete the task you will earn the title of Honorary Expert Converter on Planet Zonquil!