- LITERATURE An excellent work of early science
fiction is the book Around the World in 80 Days
by Jules Verne (1828–1905). Convert 80 days to
minutes.
- a. A quart and a liter of fruit punch are shown
below. Which is the 1-liter carton: The one on the
left side or the right side?
b. The figures below show the relative lengths
of a yardstick and a meterstick. Which one
represents the meterstick: the longer one or
the shorter one?
c. One ounce and one gram weights are placed on a
balance, as shown below. On which side is the
gram: the left side or the right side?
- Determine which measurements the arrows point to
on the metric ruler shown below.
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- SPEED SKATING American Bonnie Blair won gold
medals in the women’s 500-meter speed skating
competitions at the 1988, 1992, and 1994 Winter
Olympic Games. Convert the race length to kilometers.
- How many centimeters are in 5 meters?
- Convert 8,000 centigrams to kilograms.
- Convert 70 liters to milliliters.
- PRESCRIPTIONS A bottle contains 50 tablets, each
containing 150 mg of medicine. How many grams of
medicine does the bottle contain?
- TRACK Which is the longer distance: a 100-yard
race or an 80-meter race?
- BODY WEIGHT Which person is heavier: Jim,
who weighs 160 pounds, or Ricardo, who weighs
71 kilograms?
- Convert 810 milliliters to quarts. Round to the nearest
tenth.
- Convert 16.5 inches to centimeters. Round to the
nearest centimeter.
- COOKING MEAT The USDA recommends that
turkey be cooked to a temperature of 83°C. Change
this to degrees Fahrenheit. To be safe,round upto the
next degree. (Hint: .)
- What is a scale drawing? Give an example.
- Explain the benefits of the metric system of
measurement as compared to the American system.
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