L3-6: CONVERTING

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MEASURES
BY: MS. NAYEEMA
DATE: 26TH DEC – 27THEC D
 Customary and Metric Units

There are two main systems of measurement:

1) Customary Units – used
mainly in the United States

and Why doesn’t

the U.S. join in
that party?

2) Metric Units – basically used by

the rest of the world It’s complicated!
 Customary Units

Let’s take a look at the basic

U.S. customary units of measure.
Name some if you can!
Length: Capacity: Weight:
Inches (in.) Fluid Ounces (fl oz) Ounces (oz)
Feet (ft) Cups (c) Pounds (lb)
Yards (yd) Pints (pt) Tons (t)
Miles (mi) Quarts (qt)
Gallons (gal)
Customary Units
 × 1000
.L

.Ml

÷ 1000

1 Liter = 1000 ml
 Customary Units

Hey! Yep! When you

You need to remember convert larger units to
that when you smaller ones, you really
convert smaller units to just multiply!
larger units, you really
just divide! Well, they
don’t call me
Did you happen to notice Sir Smarticles
for nothing!
anything else?

Wow! Someone’s really

on their game today!
 Customary Units of Capacity
• How do you measure capacity in customary units?
 Convert 36 quarts to gallons.

li s t o f co n version
For a
s e e th e M athematics
facts, heet in the
fe re n c e S
Re book.
back of the Method 1: Create a ratio table using the unit rate 4 quarts per gallon.
Multiply each quantity by 9 to find the number of gallons in 36 quarts.

Quarts 4
Gallons 1 9

So, 36 quarts is 9 gallons.

Convert 36 quarts to gallons.

Another Method Use a graph.

Gallons

Quarts 1 36

So, 36 quarts is 9 gallons. ✓

So, 36 quarts is 9 gallons.
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1 Liter = 1000 ml
PROBLEM SOLVING After washing dishes, water drips from the faucet. Th e graph
shows the number of cups of water that drip from the faucet over time. How many
gallons of water drip from the faucet in 24 hours?
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