Project Motivational Math Metric Test


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1. One centimeter equals 0.39 inches. How many inches long is a 15-centimeter ruler?
                                      12 inches
A. 39.15 in
B. 25.4 in
C. 3.9 in
D. 5.85 in
E. NH


2. Find the difference between 954.7 kilometers and 479.9 kilometers.

A. 141.10
B. 1434.6
C. 474.8
D. 150.10
E. NH


3. 89000 meters is how many kilometers?

A. 89 kilometers
B. 89000 kilometers
C. 8.9 kilometers
D. 0.89 kilometers
E. NH


4. To measure the bird below, what units would be the most reasonable?
                                      bird
A. millimeters
B. centimeters
C. meter
D. kilometers
E. NH


5. A tennis ball measures about 18 centimeters in diameter.
     How long is that in meters?

A. 1.8 m
B. 1800 m
C. 18 m
D. .18 m
E. NH


6. Nikki's workout is different each day of the week. On Monday and Thursday,
    she walks 2.5 km. On Tuesday and Friday, she jogs 1.5 km, then walks for 1.5 km. On
    Wednesdays, she takes a break. How many kilometers does Nikki walk in a week?

A. 8 km
B. 5 km
C. 11 km
D. 3 km
E. NH


7. If a cat's scratching post is 6 decimeters tall, how many
    hectometers would it be?

A. 0.6 hm
B. 60 hm
C. 600 hm
D. 0.006 hm
E. NH


8. Choose the number that will make the number sentence true.
            5890 liters = ? kiloliters

A. 5,890,000
B. 589
C. 58900
D. 5.890
E. NH


9. How many milliliters is in a 2-liter bottle of Sprite?

A. 2000
B. .002
C. 200
D. 20
E. NH


10. It takes a full tank of gasoline for Jaime to drive from Tallahassee
      to Orlando. Her car takes 20 liters of gasoline. If she starts with 7.89 liters
      in Tallahassee, how much more does she need to get to Orlando?

A. 15.78
B. 27.89
C. 12.11
D. 3.95
E. NH


11. After every win, the football players empty the water cooler on
      their coach. If the cooler started with 10 liters, and ended with
      2.19 liters, then how much of the water ended up on the coach?

A. 8.81
B. 19.2
C. 12.19
D. 7.81
E. NH


12. 9 liters = ? deciliters

A. 90
B. 900
C. 0.9
D. 9000
E. NH


13. What is the freezing point of water in degrees Celsius?

A. 32o C.
B. 15 o C.
C. 0o C.
D. 26o C.
E. NH


14. 0.4 kilograms is equal to how many grams?
           1 kilogram = 1000

A. 1000
B. 400
C. 40
D. 4000
E. NH


15. 923 milligrams is how many grams?

A. 92.3 grams
B. 923,000 grams
C. 0.923 grams
D. 9.23 grams
E. NH


16. The boiling point for water is what in degrees Celsius?

A. 212o
B. 100o
C. 235o
D. 114o
E. NH


17. If you left a glass of water outside in the winter, at
     what temperature would it freeze?

A. 32o F.
B. 34o F.
C. 1o C.
D. 3o C.
E. NH


18. 21.2 kilograms is equal to how many grams?

A. 212 grams
B. 2120 grams
C. 0.2120 grams
D. 0.00212 grams
E. NH


19. The A team Boy Scout Troop went on a ground expedition.
      From 11:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m., their hike covered 6 kilometers.
      On average, about how many kilometers did they hike each hour?

A. 1 km
B. 6 km
C. 2 km
D. 3 km
E. NH


20. Billy weighs 112.6 kilograms. Jason weighs 113.2 kilograms.
      What is the difference in their weights, given in grams?

A. 0.6 g
B. 400 g
C. 600 g
D. 40 g
E. NH


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