IXL | Multi-step measurement problems with conversions

Rachel loves to cook with fresh herbs. So, she decides to plant 8 different herbs and keep the small pots on her kitchen windowsill. She starts with a 2-kilogram bag of soil and puts the same amount of soil in each pot. If she uses all of the soil, how many grams does she add to each pot?

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question

Box turtles only move about 4 meters per minute. How many minutes would it take a box turtle to cross the finish line in the 2-kilometer-long Kentucky Derby?

minutes

key idea

There are 1,000 meters in 1 kilometer.

solution

You need to find how long it would take for a box turtle to finish the Kentucky Derby. Because the turtle's speed uses

meters,

first find the race's length in meters.

There are 1,000 meters in a kilometer, so multiply 2 kilometers by 1,000.

1,000

2,000

The Kentucky Derby is 2,000 meters long. A box turtle moves 4 meters per minute. Divide to find how many minutes it would take the turtle to finish the race.

2,000

500

It would take a box turtle 500 minutes to finish the Kentucky Derby.

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Lesson: Converting customary units

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FF.5Convert and compare metric units

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