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Convert units, more steps: 5th grade math

Convert units; multistep conversion problems. A free 5th 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; multistep conversion problems.

Teach (10 min)

  • Going to a smaller unit, multiply: 3.5 km × 1,000 = 3,500 m.
  • Going to a bigger unit, divide: 450 m ÷ 1,000 = 0.45 km.
  • 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.convert5?lesson=5-measure-convert-1&at=5

Exit ticket (5 min)

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

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

Convert units, more steps (5th grade)

  1. Fill in the blank: 1.25 centimeters = ___ millimeters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
  2. Fill in the blank: 1.5 liters = ___ milliliters.
    Use this table
    1 liter = 1,000 milliliters
  3. Fill in the blank: 2.5 liters = ___ milliliters.
    Use this table
    1 liter = 1,000 milliliters
  4. Fill in the blank: 7.5 meters = ___ centimeters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
  5. Fill in the blank: 4.5 meters = ___ centimeters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
  6. Fill in the blank: 4.5 centimeters = ___ millimeters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
  7. Fill in the blank: 7.5 meters = ___ millimeters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
  8. Fill in the blank: 2,500 milliliters = ___ liters.
    Use this table
    1 liter = 1,000 milliliters
  9. Fill in the blank: 5 millimeters = ___ centimeters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
  10. Fill in the blank: 4.5 liters = ___ milliliters.
    Use this table
    1 liter = 1,000 milliliters
  11. Fill in the blank: 750 milliliters = ___ liters.
    Use this table
    1 liter = 1,000 milliliters
  12. Fill in the blank: 3,500 millimeters = ___ meters.
    Use this table
    1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
    1 meter = 100 centimeters
    1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
Key
  1. 12.5 millimeters
  2. 1500 milliliters
  3. 2500 milliliters
  4. 750 centimeters
  5. 450 centimeters
  6. 45 millimeters
  7. 7500 millimeters
  8. 2.5 liters
  9. 0.5 centimeters
  10. 4500 milliliters
  11. 0.75 liters
  12. 3.5 meters

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