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6th grade Convert units with ratios worksheet

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Convert units with ratios

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  1. A leaky circle in Ari's kitchen drips 250 milliliters each minute (drip, drip, drip). How many liters drip out in 1 hour?

  2. Sand trickles from a hole in Bo's bucket at 5 grams each second. How many kilograms of sand trickle out in 1 hour?

  3. Esme's toy drone flies 50 meters each minute. How many kilometers would it fly in 1 hour at that speed?

  4. Jun times two bike riders. The first rides 24 kilometers each hour. The second rides 300 meters each minute. Who is faster?

    • The first rider, because 24 kilometers each hour is 400 meters each minute.
    • The first rider, because 24 kilometers is 24,000 meters, far more than the second rider's 300.
    • The second rider, because 24 kilometers each hour works out to 40 meters each minute.
    • The second rider, because 300 is greater than 24 when you compare the two speeds.
  5. Kira's sink fills at 3 liters each minute. A bucket circle fills at 40 milliliters each second. Which circle is faster?

    • The bucket tap, because 40 is greater than 3 when you compare the two flow numbers.
    • The sink, because 3 liters each minute is 50 milliliters each second, 10 more.
    • The bucket tap, because 3 liters each minute works out to 5 milliliters each second.
    • The sink, because 3 liters is 3,000 milliliters, which is far more than 40 milliliters.
  6. Luz compares two cookie packers. Machine A packs 12 kilograms each hour. Machine B packs 150 grams each minute. Which is faster?

    • Machine A, because 12 kilograms each hour is 200 grams each minute, 50 more.
    • Machine B, because 12 kilograms each hour works out to 20 grams each minute.
    • Machine A, because 12 kilograms is 12,000 grams, which is far more than 150 grams.
    • Machine B, because 150 is greater than 12 when you compare the two packing speeds.
  7. Milo changes 3.5 liters to milliliters and writes 350 milliliters. What went wrong?

    • The number should stay 3.5 and the unit alone should change, giving 3.5 milliliters.
    • Nothing went wrong, because a smaller unit needs a smaller number than the 3.5 liters.
    • The work used 100 milliliters for a liter, but a liter is 1,000, so it is 3,500.
    • The number should be divided by 1,000, because milliliters are the bigger unit of the two.
  8. Pia changes 4,500 grams to kilograms and gets 4,500,000 kilograms. What went wrong?

    • Nothing went wrong, because a bigger unit like the kilogram needs a bigger number.
    • The number should stay 4,500 and the unit alone should change, giving 4,500 kilograms.
    • The number should be divided by 100, not 1,000, giving 45 kilograms.
    • The work multiplied, but a kilogram is bigger than a gram, so divide by 1,000 to get 4.5 kilograms.
  9. Ren's walk to the library takes 2 hours. The bus trip takes 20 minutes. How many times as long as the bus trip is the walk?

  10. A movie that Tala watches lasts 3 hours. A short cartoon lasts 15 minutes. How many times as long as the cartoon is the movie?

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About this worksheet

Converting measurement units. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can change a rate to a new unit and a new time, such as 9 kilometers each hour to meters each minute.
  • I can use a price for one unit when I buy another unit, such as feet priced and yards bought.
  • I can compare two speeds in different units by putting them in the same units.
  • I can find a mistake in a conversion by asking whether the answer should be a bigger or a smaller number.

Standard: 6.RP.A.3d

Words to know

conversion fact: How many small units make one big unit, like 1 foot = 12 inches.

convert: Change a measurement to a different unit, same amount.

rate: How much of one thing for each one of another, like meters each minute.

unit price: What one unit costs, like the cost of one foot.

times as long: How many copies of the short time fit in the long time.

Common mistakes

Your child subtracted two numbers that count different units, such as yards and feet.

Your child changed the amount that was already in the small unit.

Your child changed the unit and stopped, without finishing the rest of the question (dividing by the time, the piece size or the other quantity).

What to say

Ask: do both numbers count the same size of unit?

Ask: which unit is each number counting?

Ask: what does the question ask for in the end?

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with convert units with ratios?

Your child subtracted two numbers that count different units, such as yards and feet.

How can I help my child with convert units with ratios?

Ask: do both numbers count the same size of unit?

Are these 6th grade math worksheets free to print?

Yes. All 6 printable versions at each level are free to print, with the answer key, and no account is needed.

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