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Name
Date
Class
Problem Solving
LESSON
9-3 Converting Customary Units
Write the correct answer.
1. Each side of a professional baseball
base must measure 15 inches. What
is the bases side length in feet?
2. In the NBA, any shot made from
22 feet or more from the basket is
worth 3 points. How many yards
from the basket is that?
1
3
1
4
7 yards
1 feet
3. The maximum weight for a
professional bowling ball is 16
pounds. What is the maximum
weight in ounces?
4. A professional hockey goal is 6 feet
wide and 4 feet high. What is the
area of the goal in square yards?
2
3
2 square yards
256 ounces
5. An NFL football field is 120 yards
long. How many times would you
have to run across the field to run
1 mile?
6. The official length for a marathon
race is 26.2 miles. How many yards
long is a marathon? How many feet?
2
3
14 times
46,112 yards; 138,336 ft
Circle the letter of the correct answer.
7. The distance between bases in a
professional baseball game is 90
feet. What is the distance between
bases in inches?
A 1,000 inches
C 1,100 inches
B 1,080 inches
D 10,800 inches
8. What is the area of a baseball
diamond in square yards?
F 300 square yards
G 600 square yards
H 900 square yards
J 8,100 square yards
9. An NFL football can be no less than
87
feet long. What is the minimum
96
length for an official football in
inches?
7
A 108 inches
B 13
inches
2
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10. An official Olympic-sized swimming
pool holds 880,000 gallons of water!
How many fluid ounces of water is
that?
F 1,4080,000 fluid ounces
G 7,040,000 fluid ounces
H 112,640,000 fluid ounces
J 1,760,000 fluid ounces
87
inches
C
1152
69
inches
D 296
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