1. Using Ratio Reasoning to Convert Measurement Units

2. How many yards?
How many feet?
How many inches?

3. To do so, you would use a conversion rate.
In problems which involve
measurements (length, weight, volume, time, etc.), it is often necessary to convert from one measurement unit to another.
To do so, you would use a conversion rate.

4. List some conversion rates that you know. Write them in ratio format.
For example:
60 min
1 hour

5. Did you remember these? 60 sec 60 min 1 day 7 days
1 min 1 hr hrs 1 week
1 mile cm 1 gallon
5280 ft 1 meter 4 quarts

6. Conversion Table
Provides equivalents for changing from one unit of measure to another
Typically includes measurements of length (standard and metric), volume, time, and weight.

7. Tina has 5 quarts of milk. How many cups of milk does she have?
Example #1:
Tina has 5 quarts of milk. How many cups of milk does she have?

8. Example #2:
How many minutes
are in 2 days?

9. Example #3:
A poster board is 108 inches wide. If it is cut in half, how many feet wide will each piece be?