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Change inches to feet: 4th grade math

Convert units within one system (ft ↔ in, kg ↔ g). A free 4th grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students can do this: convert units within one system (ft ↔ in, kg ↔ g).

Teach (10 min)

  • 1 km = 1,000 m, 1 m = 100 cm, 1 kg = 1,000 g, 1 L = 1,000 mL, 1 hour = 60 minutes, 1 foot = 12 inches.
  • Going to a smaller unit, you get more of them: multiply.
  • Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.

Practise (15 min)

  • Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
  • Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/measure.convert4?lesson=4-measure-convert-1&at=4

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • Use the first three questions on the printable sheet as a slip.

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

Change inches to feet (4th grade)

  1. Fill in the blank: 11 feet = ___ inches.
    Use this table
    1 yard = 3 feet
    1 foot = 12 inches
  2. Fill in the blank: 4 feet = ___ inches.
    Use this table
    1 yard = 3 feet
    1 foot = 12 inches
  3. Fill in the blank: 11 feet = ___ inches.
    Use this table
    1 yard = 3 feet
    1 foot = 12 inches
  4. Fill in the blank: 15 meters = ___ centimeters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
  5. Fill in the blank: 2 centimeters = ___ millimeters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
  6. Fill in the blank: 120 inches = ___ feet.
    Use this table
    1 yard = 3 feet
    1 foot = 12 inches
  7. Fill in the blank: 2,000 meters = ___ kilometers.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
  8. Fill in the blank: 132 inches = ___ feet.
    Use this table
    1 yard = 3 feet
    1 foot = 12 inches
  9. Fill in the blank: 200 centimeters = ___ meters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
  10. Fill in the blank: 120 minutes = ___ hours.
    Use this table
    1 hour = 60 minutes
    1 minute = 60 seconds
  11. Fill in the blank: 1 meters 52 millimeters = ___ millimeters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
  12. Fill in the blank: 2 kilometers 69 meters = ___ meters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
Key
  1. 132 inches
  2. 48 inches
  3. 132 inches
  4. 1500 centimeters
  5. 20 millimeters
  6. 10 feet
  7. 2 kilometers
  8. 11 feet
  9. 2 meters
  10. 2 hours
  11. 1052 millimeters
  12. 2069 meters

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