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CHAPTER 5 TEST 435

17. The standard dose of medicine for a
dog is 10 grams for every 15 pounds of 17.
body weight.What is the standard dose
for a dog that weighs 80 pounds?
18.

19.
Convert.
1
18. 280 in. = ____ft____in. 19. 2 gal to quarts 20.
2

20. 30 oz to pounds 21. 40 mg to grams 21.

22. 3.6 cm to millimeters 23. 0.83 L to milliliters
22.
Perform each indicated operation.

24. 8 lb 6 oz - 4 lb 9 oz 25. 5 gal 2 qt , 2 26. 1.8 km + 456 m 23.

Solve.
24.
27. The sugar maples in front of Bette 28. A total of 15 gal 1 qt of oil has been
MacMillan’s house are 8.4 meters tall. removed from a 20-gallon drum. How
Because they interfere with the phone much oil still remains in the container? 25.
lines, the telephone company plans to
remove the top third of the trees. How
tall will the maples be after they are
shortened? 26.

29. The engineer in charge of bridge 30. If 2 ft 9 in. of material is used to manu-
construction said that the span of a facture one scarf, how much material is 27.
certain bridge would be 88 m. But the needed for 6 scarves?
actual construction required it to be
340 cm longer. Find the span of the 28.
bridge, in meters.

31. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 32. Each panel making up the wall of the 29.
inscribed with the names of 58,226 Vietnam Veterans Memorial is 101.6 cm
deceased and missing U.S. soldiers from wide.There are a total of 148 panels
the Vietnam War, is located on the making up the wall.What is the total
National Mall in Washington, D.C.This length of the wall in meters? (Source: 30.
memorial is formed from two straight National Park Service)
sections of wall that meet at an angle at
the center of the monument. Each wall 31.
is 246 ft 9 in. long.What is the total
length of the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial’s wall? (Source: National
Park Service) 32.

33. A 5-kilometer race is being held today.
How many miles is this? 33.