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Converting Lengths Problems

Solve each problem and show how you solved the problem.

  • 1 How many inches are in 4 feet 3 inches? _______________

  • 2 Venetta and Bill each made a chain of paper clips and measured their lengths. Venetta's paper clip chain was 3 feet 5 inches long. Bill's chain was 39 inches long. Who had the longer paper clip chain?

  • 3 Derek, Marisol, and Luke together measured the length of the hallway outside their classroom. They each measured a part of the hallway. The part Derek measured was 4 meters long. The part Marisol measured was 32 centimeters long. The part that Luke measured was 5 meters 4 centimeters long. How long is the hallway?


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Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Arrays, Factors, and Multiplicative Comparison Unit 2 Generating and Representing Measurement Data Unit 3 Multiple Towers and Cluster Problems Unit 4 Measuring and Classifying Shapes Unit 5 Large Numbers and Landmarks Unit 6 Fraction Cards and Decimal Grids Unit 7 How Many Packages and Groups? Unit 8 Penny Jars and Towers