SOME EASY CONVERSIONS! YEAH!

1. Abie Goldberry, a Quebec junior hockey player from the 1930's was hit by a puck while playing
hockey, which ignited a set of matches that he had in his pocket. His uniform caught on fire and
he was burned quite badly before the fire was put out 6.00 minutes later. How many seconds is
this?
2. The United States is of course the world’s largest producer of beer. It makes a whopping 5 billion
gallons each year. That is 5,000,000,000 gallons. Convert this quantity to liters, if there is 3.79
liters per gallon.
3. Did you know that the Earth has another moon? Cruithne, as it is called, takes 770 years to
complete a horseshoe-shaped orbit around Earth, the scientists say, and it will remain in a
suspended state around Earth for at least 5,000 years. Convert its orbit years into hours.
4. Baskin Robbins once made ketchup ice cream. This was the only vegetable flavored ice cream
produced. However, they discontinued it since they thought it would not sell well. One scoop of
ketchup ice cream weighed 250 grams. Convert this into pounds. There are 2.20 pounds per
kilogram.
5. There are approximately 102,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. Convert this into
kilometers, if there are 1.61 kilometers per mile. 164,000 km
6. African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk were hollow, 20 people
would be able to fit inside of it. How many meters is this, if there are 3.28 feet per meter?
7. In 1912, a wrestling match in Stockholm between Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin
Klein lasted more than 11.0 hours.  Klein eventually won, but was too tired to participate in the
championship match.  Convert this time into seconds.
8. In 1976, a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50.0-pound rock. More
than twenty people witnessed the ceremony. Convert this into grams, if there are 2.200 pounds per
kilogram.
9. The smallest stamp in the world was issued in 1863 by the Columbian state of Bolivar and
measured 9.5 mm across. Convert this into inches, if there are 2.540 cm per inch.
10. The most expensive perfume in the world is Parfum VI, which was made by Arthur Burnham. A
4-inch bottle that is covered with 24-carat gold costs $71,380. If the bottle contains 85.5 cm 3 of
gold, what is its mass in pounds? The density of gold is 19.3 grams per cm 3.
11. The world's deepest gold mine is 7.0 kilometers below the surface of the Earth. How far is that in
feet?
12. Chloroform used to be used as an anesthetic, but is now banned. What is the mass in kilograms of
355 ml of chloroform if 1.00 ml of chloroform weighs 1.49 grams?
13. 27-year old heir to a sausage empire was handed a ticket for 174,000 dollars for driving at 80
km/hr in a 40-km/hr zone. This is because the speeding tickets in Finland are based on how much
money a person makes. Convert 80 km/hr into miles per hour.
14. Suppose the European automobile described above gets 25.0 miles to the gallon. What would this
be in kilometers per liter?
15. The world’s largest hot dog ever made was a whopping 6.90 meters long and 115 kg heavy. This
comes out to be 16.7 kg per meter. Convert this into lbs per foot.
16. The U.S. keeps all of its silver at West Point Military Academy. How many
cubic centimeters of silver do you have if you have 3450 grams of silver? The density of silver is
10.50 grams per cm3.