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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.

cups pints liter
quarts fluid ounces capacity
1. Units of are generally used to measure liquids.
2. The basic unit of capacity in the metric system is the .
3. One cup equals 8 .
4. One quart equals 2 .
5. One pint equals 2 .
6. One quart equals 4 .
7. One gallon equals 4 .

Convert as indicated without pencil or paper or calculator.

8. 2 c to pints 9. 4 c to pints 10. 4 qt to gallons 11. 8 qt to gallons 12. 2 pt to quarts

13. 6 pt to quarts 14. 8 fl oz to cups 15. 24 fl oz to cups 16. 3 pt to cups

5.6 Exercise Set FOR EXTRA HELP

Objective Convert each measurement as indicated. See Examples 1 and 2.

1. 32 fluid ounces to cups 2. 16 quarts to gallons 3. 8 quarts to pints 4. 9 pints to quarts

5. 14 quarts to gallons 6. 11 cups to pints 7. 80 fluid ounces to pints 8. 18 pints to gallons

9. 2 quarts to cups 10. 3 pints to fluid ounces 11. 120 fluid ounces to 12. 20 cups to gallons
quarts

1 1
13. 42 cups to quarts 14. 7 quarts to cups 15. 4 pints to cups 16. 6 gallons to quarts
2 2

1 1
17. 5 gal 3 qt to quarts 18. 4 gal 1 qt to quarts 19. cup to pints 20. pint to quarts
2 2

21. 58 qt = _____ gal _____ qt 22. 70 qt = _____ gal _____ qt

23. 39 pt = _____ gal _____ qt _____ pt 24. 29 pt = _____ gal _____ qt _____ pt

3 1
25. 2 gallons to pints 26. 3 quarts to cups
4 4
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