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The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human body. It is often
used to depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create
and accomplish. Hence, this learning resource signifies that you as a learner is
capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant competencies and
skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in your own hands!
This module is designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be able to
process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.
What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.
1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not
alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!
Table of Contents
What’s In ---------------------- 5
What’s New ---------------------- 6
What is It ---------------------- 6
What’s More ---------------------- 15
What I Have Learned ---------------------- 16
What I Can Do ---------------------- 17
Assessment ---------------------- 18
Additional Activities ---------------------- 21
Answer Key ---------------------- 22
References ---------------------- 23
What I Need to Know
This module is designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
you solve word problems involving conversion of units of measurements. The
scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning
situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of
students. Lessons are arranged in the standard sequence of the course, but
the order may be different from the textbook that you are using.
Based on the competency, this module will help you solve problems
involving conversion of units of measurement (M7ME-IIb-2).
Specifically, after going through this module, you are expected to:
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What I Know
Let us check how much you already know about the content of this
module.
Multiple Choice
Directions: Read and understand the problems and answer the questions
that follow. Write the letter of your answer on your Mathematics notebook.
1. Rey lives 1.025 kilometers from school. How far is his house from the
school in meters?
A. 10.25 m C. 1025 m
B. 102.5 m D. 10250 m
2. Jay exercises for 30 minutes everyday. How long does he exercise in
terms of hours?
A. 0.25 hr C. 0.75 hr
B. 0.5 hr D. 1 hr
3. During our volleyball training, we were only given 1 minute and 30
seconds to rest. How long did we rest in seconds?
A. 30 sec C. 90 sec
B. 60 sec D. 120 sec
4. What is the freezing point of water in degree Fahrenheit?
A. 32°F C. 37°F
B. 35°F D. 40°F
5. In the Philippines, the average yearly temperature is 80 °F. What is the
average yearly temperature in °C?
A. 26.555 C. 26.777
B. 26.667 D. 26.888
6. Peter is 65 kg. What is his weight in grams?
A. 65 g C. 6500 g
B. 650 g D. 65000 g
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7. In Ening’s Carenderia, a 30 g serving of fried rice has 0.5 g of salt.
How much salt would that be in centigrams?
A. 5 cg C. 500 cg
B. 50 cg D. 5000 cg
8. To keep hydrated, we need to drink 1.8 liters of water everyday. How
many milliliters of water is its equivalent?
A. 18 mL C. 1800 mL
B. 180 mL D. 18000 mL
9. A bottle of lemon juice contains 200 mL. How many liters does the
bottle contain?
A. 0.02 L C. 2 L
B. 0.2 L D. 20 L
10. Liza measures a line for her art project. It is 375 millimeters long.
How many centimeters is the line?
A. 0.0375 cm C. 3.75 cm
B. 0.375 cm D. 37.5 cm
11. Princess is moving to a new house which is 2.3 kilometers from her old
house. How many meters is the old house from the new house?
A. 230 m C. 23000 m
B. 2300 m D. 230000 m
12. How many centimeters of wood are needed to completely surround a
square which side is 0.5 meter?
A. 0.2 cm C. 20 cm
B. 2 cm D. 200 cm
13. How many minutes will it take Ana to finish washing her clothes if she
is able to do this in 1 hour?
A. 15 min C. 45 min
B. 30 min D. 60 min
14. The normal body temperature is 37 What is the equivalent
temperature in ?
A. 98.5 C. 98.7
B. 98.6 D. 98.8
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15. Baby John weighs 3.3 kilograms at birth. If his weight increases by 1.2
kilograms after two months, what is his weight in grams in two months’
time?
A. 4.5 g C. 450 g
B. 45 g D. 4500 g
How was your performance in the given activity? Were you able
to answer all the questions? What are the difficulties you encounter?
Well, don’t worry because this lesson will help you better understand
on how to solve these kinds of problems.
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Word Problems Involving Conversion of
Units Measurements
Have you ever wondered how carpenters build houses? Or how your
mother measures every ingredient of her recipe? Have you ever think of how
long were you playing or how hot or cold is it going today? Have you ever
experience having trouble or problem in measuring something?
What’s In
Activity 1: What Am I?
Let’s Find Out: What is the answer of the riddle?
Let’s Use These Materials: Mathematics notebook, pen/pencil
Let’s Do It This Way:
1. Copy the given on your Mathematics notebook.
2. Convert the following units.
3. Write the letter of the problem in the box that corresponds the answer.
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first one is done for you.
P A 5000 g to hg
37 to
T 5000 L to mL E 3 m to cm
M 3 yrs to mos U 1.2 m to cm
R 1.2 kg to g
P
5 300 36 98.6 300 1200 50 5 120 1200 300
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Great jo
What’s New
After reading, can you tell right away who lives farther from the
school? Where would you begin to solve this problem? Proceed to
learn some tips on how to solve the problem.
What Is It
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Step 2. Devise a plan. C. What operation/s is/are to be
Using the four-step plan to solve problems, we will now know who lives
farther from the school? Is it Marga or Cassie?
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Step 1: A. What is Who lives farther from the school
Understand the asked?
Problem. between Marga and Cassie?
B. What are the 3000 meters – Marga’s house
given values?
from school
3 kilometers – Cassie’s house
from school
Step 2: C. Operation/s to Multiplication
Devise a Plan. be used
Convert kilometers to meters
by multiplying 3 km by a unit
1000 m
fraction 1 km
.
Solution A.
1000m
3km x = 3000 m
1km
3 km = _____m
km hm dam m dm cm mm
3 km = 3000 m
km hm dam m dm cm mm
Thus, 3000 m = 3 km
The distance of Cassie’s house from the school is 3000
Final Answer
meters. This means that Cassie’s and Marga’s house
have the same distance from the school.
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Problem 2 (Problem involving weight)
1kg 62000kg
62000 g x = = 62kg
1000 g 1000
62 000 g= ______ kg
kg hg dag g dg cg mg
g
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62 000 g = 62 kilograms
kg hg dag g dg cg mg
g
Thus, 62 kg = 62000 g
Final Answer Alfred’s weight is 62 kilograms.
Multiplication
Convert mL to L by multiplying
430mL by a unit fraction
1L
.
1000 mL
1L
( 430mL x )
1000 mL
Division
Divide 430 L by 1000.
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430mL
( )
1000
Step 3: D. Solution 1. Add the chocolate drink Alfred
Carry out the
drinks in all:
Plan.
Solution A.
1L 430L
430mL x = = 0.430 L
1000 mL 1000
430 mL = _____ L
kL hL daL L dL cL mL
430 mL = 0.430 L
kL hL daL L dL cL mL
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Problem 4 (Problem involving Time)
Jane will take 1 hour and 15 minutes to finish her household chores.
How long will it take Jane to finish her work in seconds?
60s
( 15 min x )
1min
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Addition
60s 60s
( 60 min x ) + ( 15 min x )
1min 1min
Step 3: D. Solution 1. Convert hour and minute to
Carry out the seconds:
Plan.
60 min 60s
1 hr x x = 3600 s
1hr 1 min
60s
15 min x = 900 s
1 min
1min 1hr
3600s x x = 1 hr
60s 60 min
1min
900s x = 15 min
60s
Final Answer Jane will take 4500 seconds to finish her household
chores.
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B. What are 15 - Baguio’s temperature
the given
values?
Step 2: C. Operation/s Multiplication
Devise a Plan. to be used
Convert to by multiplying
9 9
and 15. [ (15) ]
5 5
Division
135
Divide 135 by 5. ( )
5
Addition
5
= ( - 32)
9
5
= (59 - 32)
9
5
= (27)
9
= 15
Thus, 15 = 59
A. Every Friday is feeding day in our school. For our feeding, my teacher
asks me to bring 1.5 kilograms of sugar and 500 milliliter of cooking oil, but
the sari-sari store’s package of sugar is by grams and cooking oil is by liter.
What should I do?
B. Jessa has grown 12 centimeters after taking vitamins. She is now 1.62
meters tall. How tall was she before taking vitamins?
Great job! You are an excellent learner. Be ready for more fun
activities. Enjoy!
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What I Have Learned
B. ____________________
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What I Can Do
Activity 4: Be Economical!
Let’s Find Out: Which is more economical?
Let’s Use These Materials: Mathematics notebook and pen/pencil
Let’s Do It This Way:
1. Read and understand the problem carefully.
2. Solve the problem by following the four-step plan in solving problem.
3. Write your answer on your Mathematics notebook.
You and your friends are having a picnic. You are in charge of
supplying soft drinks for everybody. At the store, you find two possible ways
to buy the soft drinks: 1.5 L bottle that costs php 65 and six 300 mL that costs
php 12 each.
A. Which type of package is more economical way to purchase?
B. Suppose you have php 300, what is the maximum number of liters
of soft drink you can buy?
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Assessment
Multiple Choice
Directions: Read and understand the problems and answer the questions
that follow. Write the letter of your answer on your Mathematics notebook.
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7. Dorothy bought 1.5 liter of soft drink for their outing. How many mL of
soft drink is its equivalent?
A. 15 mL C. 1500 mL
B. 150 mL D. 15000 mL
8. A bottle of water contains 750 mL. How many Liters does it contain?
A. 0.075L C. 7.5 L
B. 0.75 L D. 75 L
9. What is the freezing point of water in degree Fahrenheit?
A. 32°C C. 37°C
B. 35°C D. 40°C
10. The average temperature in Bukidnon is 70°F. What is the average
temperature in °C?
A. 21.01 C. 21.21
B. 21.11 D. 21.31
11. Jessica is measuring two sticks. The first stick is 30 cm long. The
second stick is 500 mm long. How long are the two sticks together in
centimeters?
A. 8 cm C. 800 cm
B. 80 cm D. 8000 cm
12. Jericho drew an anime character for 6 hours and 20 minutes and
finished it at 10:26 p.m. What time did he start drawing?
A. 4:06 a.m. C. 4:06 p.m.
B. 4:46 a.m. D. 4:46 p.m.
13. Ronie enters Gaisano mall whose temperature is 9 colder than the
temperature outside. If the temperature outside is 35 , what is the
temperature inside Gaisano mall in °F?
A. 26 °F C. 78.8 °F
B. 44 °F D. 111.2 °F
14. Bliss has to drink 380 mL of milk every day. How many Liters of milk
will she drink in a week?
A. 2.660 L C. 266 L
B. 26.60 L D. 2660 L
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15. Christine has 4 m and 25 cm Chinese garter while Beth has 4.256 m
Chinese garter. What is the total length of their Chinese garter in
centimeters?
A. 46.81 cm C. 468.1 cm
B. 85.06 cm D. 850.6 cm
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Additional Activities
1. Carlos has a 1.2 meter long piece of wood. He wants to cut it into 3 equal
lengths. How long should each piece be in millimeters?
2. A box contains 4 bags of sugar. The total mass of all 4 bags is 6 kg. What
is the mass of each bag in grams?
3. Zebby studies from 6:15 – 7: 30. Her sister, Camille studies from 6:30 –
8:00. Who studies longer and by how much?
4. Last March, it was 46.4 in Korea and 36 in the Philippines. What was
the difference in temperature of the two countries in ?
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THIS MODULE.
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Answer Key
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References
Books
Marilou C. Geruela, et al. DIWA Mathematics for the 21st Century Learner,
DIWA Learning Systems Inc. 2015, pp.96 - 114
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