Title: M1.2 Measurement Quiz
Course: Technical Math for Industry > Section: Module 1.2 Systems of Measurements

Q: How many feet are in 66 inches?
- 792 feet (Incorrect. You may have multiplied 66 inches by . You need to multiply 66 inches by to get the correct answer.)
- feet (Correct.)
- 22 feet (Incorrect. You may have been thinking of converting feet to yards and multiplied by . You need to multiply by to get the correct answer.)
- feet (Incorrect. You may have multiplied 66 inches by . You need to multiply 66 inches by to get the correct answer.)
A: feet

Q: How many inches are in 3 feet 5 inches?
- 36 inches (Incorrect. You may have forgotten to add the 5 inches after you converted 3 feet to inches.)
- 41 inches (Correct. and .)
- 35 inches (Incorrect. You may have multiplied 3 feet by and then added 5 inches. You need to multiply by and then add 5 inches.)
- inches (Incorrect. You may have multiplied 3 feet by and then added 5 inches. You need to multiply by and then add 5 inches.)
A: 41 inches

Q: Jane is going to walk once around the edge of a rectangular park. The park is 200 yards long and 300 feet wide. How far will Jane walk?
- 1,000 feet (Incorrect. You may have treated both of the measurements as if they were in feet. You should convert both of the measurements to feet and then use the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle.)
- 1,000 yards (Incorrect. You may have treated both of the measurements as if they were in yards. You should convert both of the measurements to feet and then use the formula for the perimeter of a rectangle.)
- 900 feet (Incorrect. You may have correctly converted 200 yards to 600 feet, but then added the lengths of only two sides of the rectangle instead of the lengths of all four sides.)
- 1,800 feet (Correct. . To find the perimeter of a rectangle, you can use the formula . .)
A: 1,800 feet

Q: How many tons are in 448,000 ounces?
- 28,000 (Incorrect. This is the number of pounds in 448,000 ounces. You must still convert this to the number of tons.)
- 14 (Correct.)
- 224 (Incorrect. You divided by 2,000, which would give the correct answer for the amount of 448,000 pounds. You must convert from ounces to pounds and from pounds to tons.)
- 28 (Incorrect. You may have correctly divided by 16 to find the number of pounds, and then incorrectly divided by 1,000 to find the number of tons. There are 2,000 pounds in 1 ton.)
A: 14

Q: If you added 2,500 pounds and 1 ton, what would the total weight be?
- 3,500 pounds (Incorrect. You may have thought that 1 ton equals 1,000 pounds, but 1 ton equals 2,000 pounds.)
- tons (Incorrect. You may have thought that 1,000 pounds equal 1 ton, but 1,000 pounds equal ton.)
- ton (Incorrect. This is the difference, not the sum, of the two weights.)
- 4,500 pounds (Correct. and .)
A: 4,500 pounds

Q: A grain trader buys the following amounts from three suppliers: 3,200 pounds, 5,100 pounds and 700 pounds. What is the total weight of his purchase?
- 4 tons (Incorrect. You may have added the three amounts incorrectly and come up with a total of 8,000 pounds. There is a total weight of 9,000 pounds.)
- pounds (Incorrect. You may have done the correct calculation, but this answer has the incorrect unit.)
- 9 tons (Incorrect. You may have thought that there were 1,000 pounds in a ton. There are 2,000 pounds in one ton.)
A: (a choice with no text)
Feedback: Correct. . Convert pounds to tons:

Q: How many fluid ounces are there in 2 pints?
- pint (Incorrect. This is how many pints there are in 2 fluid ounces.)
- 16 ounces (Incorrect. Perhaps you are thinking of how many fluid ounces there are in 2 cups.)
- 64 ounces (Incorrect. Perhaps you are thinking of how many fluid ounces there are in 2 quarts.)
- 32 ounces (Correct.)
A: 32 ounces

Q: How many fluid ounces are there in one pint and one cup added together?
- 40 (Incorrect. You may have thought that there were 4 cups in a pint. There are only 2 cups in a pint.)
- 24 (Correct. There are 8 fluid ounces in a cup. One pint has 2 cups, so it has fluid ounces. Together there are fluid ounces.)
- 16 (Incorrect. There are 16 fluid ounces in one pint alone. You need to add the number of fluid ounces in one cup.)
- 8 (Incorrect. There are 8 fluid ounces in one cup alone. You need to add the number of fluid ounces in one pint.)
A: 24

Q: A drink bottler needs to fill 20 one-pint bottles, and he has two tanks: one that contains 2 gallons of soda, and a second that contains 3 gallons. Which will he need to fill the bottles?
- Even both tanks will not be enough. (Incorrect. He needs 20 pints. The 3 gallon tank alone holds 24 pints, which is more than enough.)
- The 2 gallon tank is not enough, but the 3 gallon tank is enough. (Correct. He needs 20 pints. , while .)
- The 2 gallon tank is enough. (Incorrect. He needs 20 pints. The 2 gallon tank holds 16 pints, which is not enough.)
- He will need both tanks. (Incorrect. He needs 20 pints. The 3 gallon tank alone holds 24 pints, which is more than enough.)
A: The 2 gallon tank is not enough, but the 3 gallon tank is enough.

Q: Which of the following measurements is a little less than half an inch?
- foot (Incorrect. This equals 3 inches, which is much more than half an inch.)
- meter (Incorrect. A meter is about 3 inches longer than a yard.)
- centiliter (Incorrect. A centiliter is a unit of volume, not length.)
- centimeter (Correct. The centimeter is a little less than half an inch.)
A: centimeter

Q: How many decimeters are in 1 centimeter?
- 100 (Incorrect. One centimeter is 10 times smaller than one decimeter, so you divide 1 by 10 to find the number of decimeters in 1 centimeter.)
- 1 (Incorrect. One centimeter is 10 times smaller than one decimeter, so you divide 1 by 10 to find the number of decimeters in 1 centimeter.)
- 0.1 (Correct. There are 10 centimeters in 1 decimeter, so you would divide 1 by 10 to find the number of decimeters in 1 centimeter.)
- 10 (Incorrect. One centimeter is 10 times smaller than one decimeter, not 10 times larger.)
A: 0.1

Q: How many kiloliters are in 32,500 centiliters?
- 0.325 kl (Correct. A kiloliter is 100,000 times larger than a centiliter, so move the decimal point 5 places to the left.)
- 3,250,000,000 kl (Incorrect. You may have thought a kiloliter was smaller than a centiliter and moved the decimal point 5 places to the right instead of left.)
- 325 kl (Incorrect. You may have thought a kiloliter was only 100 times larger than a centiliter and moved the decimal point 2 places to the left, but a kiloliter is 100,000 times larger.)
- 32.5 kl (Incorrect. You may have thought a kiloliter was only 1,000 times larger than a centiliter and moved the decimal point 3 places to the left, but a kiloliter is 100,000 times larger.)
A: 0.325 kl

Q: An adult meerkat weighs 0.776 kilograms. This is 7.47 hectograms more than the weight of a baby meerkat. How much does a baby meerkat weigh?
- 0.029 kg (Correct.)
- 6.694 kg (Incorrect. You may not have converted both weights to the same units before subtracting, and you subtracted the wrong amounts because of this.)
- 1.523 kg (Incorrect. Subtract, don't add, the weights after converting both units to kilograms.)
- 0.29 kg (Incorrect. You may have converted both weights to hectograms to solve, but then forgot to convert back to kilograms for the answer.)
A: 0.029 kg

Q: What is the boiling point of water?
- and (Incorrect. The freezing point of water is Fahrenheit and the boiling point of water is Celsius.)
- and (Incorrect. and are the freezing and boiling points of water in degrees Celsius.)
- and (Correct. These are the correct boiling points of water in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.)
- and (Incorrect. These are the freezing points of water, not the boiling points, in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.)
A: and

Q: In science class, Savannah measures the temperature of a liquid to be Celsius. Her teacher wants her to convert the temperature to degrees Fahrenheit. What is the temperature of Savannah's liquid to the nearest degree Fahrenheit?
A: (a choice with no text)
Feedback: Incorrect. You subtracted 32 instead of adding 32 when using the conversion formula.
Feedback: Incorrect. You used the wrong formula. To convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, the formula is .
Feedback: Incorrect. You used the ratio in the conversion formula instead of .
Feedback: Correct. or F