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Vocabulary and Readiness Check

Use the choices below to fill in each blank. Some choices may be used more than once.

inches yard unit fraction
feet meter
1. The basic unit of length in the metric system is the .
1 foot
2. The expression is an example of a(n) .
12 inches
3. A meter is slightly longer than a(n) .
4. One foot equals 12 .
5. One yard equals 3 .
6. One yard equals 36 .
7. One mile equals 5280 .
1
8. One foot equals .
3

5.4 Exercise Set FOR EXTRA HELP

Objective Convert each measurement as indicated. See Examples 1 through 3.

1. 60 in. to feet 2. 84 in. to feet 3. 12 yd to feet 4. 18 yd to feet

1 1
5. 42,240 ft to miles 6. 36,960 ft to miles 7. 8 ft to inches 8. 12 ft to inches
2 2

9. 10 ft to yards 10. 25 ft to yards 11. 6.4 mi to feet 12. 3.8 mi to feet

13. 162 in. to yd (Write 14. 7216 yd to mi (Write 15. 3 in. to ft (Write 16. 129 in. to ft (Write
answer as a decimal.) answer as a decimal.) answer as a decimal.) answer as a decimal.)

Objective Convert each measurement as indicated. See Examples 4 and 5.

17. 40 ft = _____ yd _____ ft 18. 100 ft = _____ yd _____ ft 19. 85 in. = _____ ft _____ in.

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20. 47 in. = _____ ft _____ in. 21. 10,000 ft = _____ mi _____ ft 22. 25,000 ft = _____ mi _____ ft

23. 5 ft 2 in. = _____ in. 24. 4 ft 11 in. = _____ in. 25. 8 yd 2 ft = _____ ft

26. 4 yd 1 ft = _____ ft 27. 2 yd 1 ft = _____ in. 28. 1 yd 2 ft = _____ in.

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