Converting Measurement Units

4th Grade MathMeasurement and Data4 pages

About this worksheet

Unit conversion practice for 4th grade under Common Core 4.MD.1 and 4.MD.2, working always from larger units to smaller. Four two-column tables cover feet to inches, kilograms to grams, hours to minutes and liters to milliliters. Four comparisons follow, each with its conversion fact printed as a hint, from 4 pounds against 60 ounces to 6 kilometers against 5,900 meters. Three word problems close: whether Marcus's 4-foot board covers a 45-inch frame, how many 250-milliliter cups Elena can pour from 3 liters, and how many ounces a panda gained growing from 2 pounds to 96 ounces. Answers included.

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Curriculum objectives covered

4.MD.1

Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system of units including km, m, cm; kg, g; lb, oz.; l, ml; hr, min, sec. Within a single system of measurement, express measurements in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Record measurement equivalents in a two-column table. For example, know that 1 ft is 12 times as long as 1 in. Express the length of a 4 ft snake as 48 in. Generate a conversion table for feet and inches listing the number pairs (1, 12), (2, 24), (3, 36), ...

All four Part 1 tables follow the standard's two-column format, and the printed callout states the multiply rule.

4.MD.2

Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.

The four comparisons and all three word problems, each requiring a conversion before the operation.

What's inside this worksheet

Part 1: Complete the Conversion Tables

Four tables, each seeded with its unit fact: 2, 5 and 8 feet to inches; 3, 6 and 9 kilograms to grams; 2, 4 and 7 hours to minutes; 4, 7 and 10 liters to milliliters.

Part 2: Measurement Comparisons

Four pairs take <, > or = after converting: 4 lb versus 60 oz, 5 m versus 520 cm, 3 hr versus 180 min and 6 km versus 5,900 m.

Part 3: Word Problems

Marcus checks a 4-foot board against a 45-inch frame. Elena divides 3 liters of lemonade into 250-milliliter cups. The panda problem converts 2 pounds to ounces and subtracts from 96.

How teachers use it

Hint fade

Part 2 prints its conversion hints; Part 3 mostly does not. Tell students the tables they completed in Part 1 are now their reference sheet.

Number talk

3 hr = 180 min is the one equality in Part 2. Ask why the equals sign appears exactly once and let them verify the other three.

Exit slip

The panda question stands alone: two conversions and a subtraction in one item. Collect it as the day's evidence.

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