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432 C HAPTE R 5 I RATIO, PROPORTION, AND MEASUREMENT

(5.5) Convert.

51. 66 oz to pounds 52. 2.3 tons to pounds 53. 52 oz = _____ lb _____ oz.

54. 10,300 lb = _____ tons _____ lb 55. 27 mg to grams 56. 40 kg to grams

Perform each indicated operation.

57. 6 lb 5 oz - 2 lb 12 oz 58. 8 lb 6 oz * 4

Solve.

59. Donshay Berry ordered 1 lb 12 oz of soft-center 60. Four local townships jointly purchase 38 tons 300 lb of
candies and 2 lb 8 oz of chewy-center candies for his cinders to spread on their roads during an ice storm.
party. Find the total weight of the candy ordered. Determine the weight of the cinders each township
receives if they share the purchase equally.

(5.6) Convert.

61. 16 pints to quarts 62. 40 fluid ounces to cups 63. 3 qt 1 pt to pints

64. 18 quarts to cups 65. 9 pt = _____ qt _____ pt 66. 15 qt = _____ gal _____ qt

67. 3.8 L to milliliters 68. 4.2 ml to deciliters

Perform each indicated operation.

69. 1 qt 1 pt + 3 qt 1 pt 70. 0.946 L - 210 ml

Solve.

71. Each bottle of Kiwi liquid shoe polish holds 85 ml of 72. Ivan Miller wants to pour three separate containers
the polish. Find the number of liters of shoe polish of saline solution into a single vat with a capacity
contained in 8 boxes if each box contains 16 bottles. of 10 liters.Will 6 liters of solution in the first
container combined with 1300 milliliters in the
second container and 2.6 liters in the third container
fit into the vat?

(5.7) Note: Because approximations are used in this section, your answers may vary slightly from the answers given in the
back of the book.

Convert as indicated. If necessary, round to two decimal places.
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73. 7 meters to feet 74. 11.5 yards to meters 75. 17.5 liters to gallons

76. 7.8 liters to quarts 77. 15 ounces to grams 78. 23 pounds to kilograms

79. A 100-meter dash is being held today. How many 80. If a person weighs 82 kilograms, how many pounds
yards is this? is this?