#5B GMAT Conversion Drill, v2

Useful stuff:
• 1 mile = 1.6 km
• 1 gallon = 128 ounces
• 1 km = 1000 meters
• 1 meter = 100 centimeters
• 1 liter = 1000 grams

1. 24 miles per hour is how many meters per second?

2. A brewery makes 15 gallons of beer every minute. How many ounces of beer does it make every
second?

3. A certain hose, working at a constant rate, can fill a 90-gallon pool in 4 hours. How many ounces of
water come out of the hose in 10 seconds?

4. x meters per second is how many kilometers per hour, in terms of x?

5. Bob has x Swiss francs. If a franc is equal to 4/5 of a euro, a euro is worth ¾ of a ruble, and a ruble is
worth 12 pesos, how many pesos would Bob have if he converted his francs to pesos?

6. If a franc is equal to 4/5 of a euro, a euro is worth ¾ of a ruble, and a ruble is worth 12 pesos, how
many francs is one peso worth?

7. A rate of x kilometers per y minutes is equivalent to how many meters per hour?

8. A banana slug can crawl x centimeters per minute. How many meters would the slug travel in y hours?

9. A carton of Trucker Piss Beer contains x cases of beer. Each case contains y boxes, and each box
contains 12 bottles. How many bottles of beer are in 3 cartons?

10. A certain breed of gazelle can eat x pounds of grass in y minutes. How many pounds of grass can 3
gazelles eat in z hours?

11. A certain ship can hold 1.28 x 1013 ounces of cargo. If a ton is equivalent to 3.2 x 104 ounces, how
many tons of cargo can the ship hold?

12. 64 pesos are worth 12 rubles. How many rubles are x pesos worth?

13. A certain rectangular box has a volume of 8 cubic meters. What is the volume of the box in cubic
centimeters?

14. A certain brewery produces beer at a rate of p liters of beer per minute. If the rate is equivalent to q
grams of beer per second, what is the value of p in terms of q?

Answers:
1. 32/3
2. 32
3. 8
4. 18x/5
5. 36x/5
6. 5/36
7. 60,000x/y
8. 3xy/5
9. 36xy
10. 180xz/y
11. 4 x 108 or 400,000,000
12. 3x/16
13. 8,000,000 cm3
14. 3q/50