6th Grade Math Unit 6 - Measurements & Geometry

Check the answers below that are correct (check all that apply):
1. 7 yd = 252 in
2. 84 in = 6 ft
3. 120 in = 4 yd
4. 10 mi = 52,800 ft
5. 7 ft = 2.5 yd
Choose the greatest length:
1. 63 in
2. 0.001 mi
3. 1 7/8 yd
4. 5.3 ft
Solve:
6ft8in + 3 2/3 yd = ___ft___in
In Ireland, they sell drinks by the pint. In America they sell most drinks in a can or bottle that contains 12 oz. If you paid the same price, where would you get a better buy?
1. America
2. Ireland
3. Neither
If a bridge can support only 16,000 lb of weight, how many 3 ton SUV's can be driving across it at the same time?
Check the correct answers below:
1. 80 fl oz = 5 pt
2. 6 gal = 20 qt
3. 4 qt = 16 c
4. 2 T = 64,000 oz
Your Mom asks you to go to the grocery store and buy a case of tomato soup. If there are 24 cans of soup in each case, and each can weighs 14 oz, how many pounds will you be carrying home?

___________ lb
Your teacher asks you to calculate how many inches there are in 3.5 miles.
Which statement below will give you the correct answer?
1. ___ in = 3.5mi X 5,280 ft/mi
2. ___in = 5,280 ft/mi X 12 in/ft
3. ___ in = 3.5 mi X 5,280 ft/mi X 12 in/ft
Check the correct answers below:
1. Tlo measure the distance from New York to California, you would most likely use centimeters.
2. The measure the circumference of your head, you would most likely use centimeters.
3. To measure the distance around the track in a playground, you would most likely use meters
4. To measure your height, you would most likely use millimeters.
5. To measure the distance from the Earth to the Moon, you would most likely use kilometers.
A centimeter is about:
1. 25 in
2. .25 in
3. 2.5 in
4. 0.01 in
Your Dad is driving on a freeway where the speed limit is 65 mph. You Dad has the speedometer set for metric units and he is going 100 km per hour. Is he driving faster than the posted speed limit?
1. Yes
2. No
One advantage of the metric system is that you can convert from one unit of measure to another by multiplying or dividing by 10 or a multiple of 10.
1. True
2. False
There are two brands of ice cream on sale for the same price. Brand A's size is a half-gallon. Brand B's size is 1.75 quarts. Which brand is a better buy?
1. Brand A
2. Brand B
To change milli-things (like millimeters or milligrams) into centi-things (like centimeters or centigrams) you would:
1. divide the number of miili-things by 10
2. multiply the number of milli-things by 10
Your drive to the mountains lasts 3 h 45 min. Your cousins get there in 4 h 15 min. How much longer did it take your cousins to drive there than you did?

________ min
________ mL = 2.65 L
Check the correct statements below:
1. 15 cm = 130 mm
2. 4,200 mm = 42 m
3. 0.095 g = 95 mg
4. 5,000,000 mm = 5,000 km
5. 560 mL = 0.560 L
Suntract 2 hr 23 min 55 sec from 14 h 17 min 28 sec.
1. 12 hr 53 min 23 sec
2. 11 hr 54 min 23 sec
3. 11 hr 53 min 73 sec
4. 11 hr 53 min 23 sec
How much time has elapsed between 8:52 A.M. nd 10:17 P.M.?
1. 23 hr 25 min
2. 13 hr 25 min
3. 14 hr 25 min
4. 13 hr 17 min
You leave for a party at 5:20 P.M.
You return at 4:57 A.M.
How long have you been gone?
(You may also be in some trouble for coming home so late.)
1. 10 hr 17 min
2. 11 hr 23 min
3. 11 hr 17 min
4. 10 hr 23 min
Check the statements that are true below:
1. A right angle equals 90 degrees
2. An obtuse angle is less than 90 degrees
3. An acute angle is less than 90 degrees.
4. An obtuse angle is greater than 90 degrees.
5. If angles X and Y are supplementary, and angle Y = 40^o, then angle X = 50^o
6. If angles M and Y are complimentary, and Angle M = 80^o, then angle N = 10^o
Check the following statements that are true:

Review Polygons
1. A polygon can have only 2 sides.
2. A regular polygon must have all equal angles.
3. The sides of a polygon can cross.
4. A polygon can have no curved sides.
5. The sides of a polygon do not have to be connected - there cac be an opening between two sides.
6. A polygon must have 3 or more sides.
In the following, through which figure can you draw a line of symmetry?
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
Check which statements are true for the following figure:
1. This figure has 90^o rotational symmetry.
2. This figure has 180^o rotational symmetry.
3. This figure has no rotational symmetry.
The pair of figures shown below are:
1. similar
2. congruent
3. neither
The pair of figures shown below are:
1. congruent
2. similar
3. neither
The pair of figures shown below are:
1. similar
2. congruent
3. neither
The area of the following figure is __________ sq. in.
The formula fo the area of a triangle is:
1. base X height
2. 1/2 base X height
3. 2 X base X height
Use 3.14 for π.

If the diameter of a circle is 100 ft., what is the area of that circle?

___________ sq. ft.
What is the following shape?
1. triangular prism
2. triangular pyramid
3. cone
What is the volume of the following shape?

____________ cu. cm.
Assuming the units are meters, what is the area of the following shape?

________ sq. m