Area and Volume Unit Conversion

Area conversion

1. 2.5 km 2 to m 2
2. 1.72 km2 to m 2
3. 0.08 m 2 to c m2
4. 0.015 m2 to c m2
5. 0.003 k m2 to c m2
6. 0.023 k m2 to c m2
Volume conversion

1. 0.025 km 3 to m3
2. 0.0008 m3 to c m3
3. 0.000003 k m 3 to c m3
4. 0.000 053 k m 3 to c m3

Problems:

A rectangular portion of land is 250 m wide and 1 200 m long. What is the area of the portion of land
in square hectometers (hm2)? (1 hm = 100 m)

A high building (shaped as a rectangular parallelepiped), is 50 m wide, 0.25 km long and 80 m high.
Calculate the area of the building and express it in cubic metres.

Challenge:

A group of students want to make boxes to donate cartons of milk for people in need. The
dimensions of each carton of milk is: 3 cm wide, 4 cm long and 10 cm high. The students want to fit
48 cartons in one box. (a) What will the dimensions of the box be, if the base of the box needs to be
a perfect square and smaller than 150 cm2? (b) What will the volume of the box be?