Name: __________________________________

Katmers Mistakes

Mr. Katmer took Physical Science class last year because he happened to have a lot of free
time and thought it might be cool if she could rap about Science in his songs (it wasnt).
He had a lot of difficulty with unit conversions at first (dont worry, he mastered it by the
end). Below are examples of some of his first assignments, in which he makes a lot of
mistakes. For each problem, identify what mistake(s) Katmer made and then show the
correct way to solve the problem.

Problem & Katmers Incorrect Solution What was Katmers mistake?

1.) 15 yd = ____________ ft

2.) 3 hr = ____________ min

3.) 36 in/s = _________ ft/s

4.) 9 yd/s = ______________ yd/min