1. Converting Measurements
Customary and Metric

2. Warm-Up Hint: They bought 2 items from the housewares store!
Mabel and her mom are going shopping on Saturday. They bought at least one item from each of the 3 departments that they visited. Mabel gave the clerk $120 and she got back $11.76 change. What items did they buy? Think about how much they spent. NO TAX TODAY!
HOUSEWARES
Dishtowels: $11.38
Curtain Rods: $12.98
Bath Mats: $29.58
CLOTHING
Shirt: $30.98
Dress: $49.90
Slacks: $39.90
TOOLS
Hammer: $17.90
Saw: $23.90
Drill: $25.78
Hint: They bought 2 items from the housewares store!
They bought curtain rods, bath mat, slacks, and a drill.

3. Customary Measurements http://www. brainpop
Length
1 foot (ft)
12 inches (in)
1 yard (yd)
3 feet
1 mile (mi)
5,280 feet
1,760 yards

4. Customary Measurements
Weight
1 pound (lb)
16 ounces (oz)
1 ton (T)
2,000 pounds

5. Customary Measurements
Capacity
1 cup (c)
8 fluid ounces (fl oz)
1 pint (pt)
2 cups
1 quart (qt)
2 pints
1 gallon (gal)
4 quarts

6. Gallon Man!

7. How many pints make up the gallon?
Use Gallon Man to solve!
What is 36 pints converted into gallons?
How many pints make up the gallon?
36 pints
? gallons
8 pints
1 gallon =

8. Use the conversion chart!
A large juice carton has a capacity of 64 fluid ounces. How many quarts is this?
Capacity
1 cup (c)
8 fluid ounces (fl oz)
1 pint (pt)
2 cups
1 quart (qt)
2 pints
1 gallon (gal)
4 quarts
How many fl oz are there in 1 cup?
How many cups are in a quart?
8 fl oz 4 = 32 fl oz in 1 quart
32 fl oz
1 quart
64 fl oz
? quarts
2 quarts =

9. Use the conversion chart
How many inches are there in 7 yards?
Length
1 foot (ft)
12 inches (in)
1 yard (yd)
3 feet
1 mile (mi)
5,280 feet
1,760 yards
How many inches are there in 1 foot?
How many feet are there in 1 yard?
12 in 3 = 36 in. in 1 yard
12 in
1 yard
? in
7 yards =
84 inches

10. Metric Units http://www. brainpop
Metric units use a series of prefixes
Metric Units
Kilo
Hecto
Deka
Base
Deci
Centi
Milli
Base Measurements
Liter (capacity)
Meter (length)
Gram (mass)

11. Most Commonly Used Metric Measurements
Length
1 centimeter (cm)
10 millimeters (mm)
1 meter (m)
100 centimeters
1 meter
1000 millimeters
1 kilometer (km)
1000 meters

12. Most Commonly Used Metric Measurements
Mass
1 gram (g)
1000 milligrams (mg)
1 kilogram (kg)
1000 grams
1 metric ton (t)
1000 kilograms
Capacity
1 liter (L)
1000 milliliters (mL)

13. How to convert metric units
K H D B D C M
Just count the number of letters from the measurement you start with to the number measurement you are converting to
Move your decimal that many places

14. Metric Conversion Example
K H D B D C M 3 2 1
A box of cereal has a mass of 425 g. How many kilograms is this?
425 g
.425 kg

15. Metric Conversion Example
K H D B D C M
What is 765 millimeters in kilometers?
765 mm km