Conversion Word Problems.

1. A car traveling at a constant speed travels 175 miles in 4 hours. How many minutes will it take for the car to travel 1000 feet?

2. A car traveling at a constant speed travels 1000 ft. in 12 seconds. In miles, how far will this car travel in 4 hours?

3. A car traveling at a constant speed travels 175 miles in 4 hours. How many feet will the car travel in 10 minutes?

4. A car traveling at a constant speed travels 1000 ft. in 12 seconds. How long in hours will it take to travel 175 miles?

5. If a car is traveling 75 miles per hour, how many feet will it travel in 10 seconds?

6. If a car is traveling 75 kilometers per hour, how many meters will it travel in 10 seconds?

7. A leaky faucet drips at the rate of 1 pint per hour. How many gallons will drip in a 24 hour day?

8. A leaky faucet faucet drips at the rate of 300 mL per hour. How many liters will drip in a 24 hour day?

9. A leaky faucet drips at the rate of 1 pint per hour. How long will it take to fill a to gallon container?

10. A leaky faucet drips at the rate of 300 mL per hour.; How long will it take to fill a 10 liter container?

11. You wish to give a patient 5 liters of fluid intravenously in 24 hours. If this is done at a constant rate, how many cc must be given per minute?

12.You wish to give a patient 4 liters of fluid intravenously in 8 hours. If this is done at a constant rate, how many cc must be given per minute?

13. You are giving a patient 2.5 cc/min of a given solution intravenously. If this continues for 8 hours, how many liters of this solution will you need?

14. You are giving a patient 3 cc/min of a given solution intravenously. If this continues for 24 hours, how many liters of this solution will you need?

15. A recipe calls for 300 mL water. In the English system, how much water is this?

16. A recipe calls for 3 cups water. In the metric system, how much water is this?

17. A car is traveling 100 km/hr., How many feet does this car travel every second?

18. A car is traveling 100 miles/hour. How many metes does this car travel every second?

19. John has a bicycle whose tires are 27 inches in diameter. If John rides his bike 1 mile, how many revolutions does each tire make?

20. A vehicle has a wheel 15 inches in diameter. If the vehicle travels 2 miles, how many revolutions does the wheel make?

21. 1000 inches is how many meters?

22. 450 millimeters is how many inches?

23. A large block of butter measures 2.3 meters by 3.4 meters by 5 meters. How many tablespoons of butter are in this block?

24. You wish to form a cube formed from 1,00,000 tablespoons of butter. What is the length of a side in meters? (Recall: a cube has length=width=height.)

25. An automatic machine produces 1 part every 2.3 minutes. How many parts are produced in 8 hours if the machine runs constantly?

26. A machine produces 4500 parts in an 8 hour day. In minutes, how long will it take to produce 100 parts?

27. An automatic machine produces 1 part every 2.3 minutes. How long in hours will it take to produce 5,000 parts?

28. If a machine produces 435 parts per hour, how many minutes will it take to produce each part?

29. A certain medication recommends that each day a person be given 8 mg for every 100 lbs. of weight. John weighs 238 lbs. If his measurements are exact, how many kg of this medication will he take in 365 days?

30. A certain medication recommends that each day a person be given 8 mg for every 100 lbs. of weight. If 10,000 people take this medication each day and their average weight is 180 lbs., how many of this drug are used daily?