Today we began working with actual conversions in the Customary System!
What you need to know:
LENGTH:
1 foot = 12 inches
1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches
1 mile = 1,760 yards = 5280 feet
MASS:
1 pound = 16 ounces
1 ton = 2000 pounds
LIQUID CAPACITY:
1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 quart = 2 pints
1 pint = 2 cups
1 cup = 8 fluid ounces
Want some more reminders? Check out this previous blog post.
As you know, today we used proportions to help us solve our homework problems. Remember to set up the first fraction with what we already know using the labels from the problem...
ex: 4 ft = ______ in
12 inches
1 foot
Then complete the set up by using what we want to know as part of the second fraction.
12 inches -- ? inches
1 foot -- 4 feet
Then use multiplication (or sometimes division) to help you solve the proportion
x4
12 inches -- ? inches
1 foot -- 4 feet
x4
x4
12 inches -- 48 inches
1 foot -- 4 feet
x4
I hope that this helps! We will get more practice in class tomorrow!!!!
Tonight's homework is both sides of the customary conversion worksheet.
-Miss K :)
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