Measurement Units and Ratio Conversions

Math 6 Lesson Activities

Measurement Units and Ratio Conversions The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals:  Content Knowledge—You will use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units.  Mathematical Practices—You will make sense of problems and solve them and use mathematics to model real-world situations.  STEM—You will use mathematical processes to solve real-world design problems.  21st Century Skills—You will use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.

Directions You will evaluate some of these activities yourself, and your teacher may evaluate others. Please save this document before beginning the lesson and keep the document open for reference during the lesson. Type your answers directly in this document for all activities. ______

Self-Checked Activities

Read the instructions for the following activities and type in your responses. At the end of the lesson, click the link to open the Student Answer Sheet. Use the answers or sample responses to evaluate your own work.

Ratios in Measurements At the golf course, Bruce sees distances measured in yards. Being used to measuring distances in feet, Bruce wants to convert from yards to feet. a. The table shows the greatest distance, in yards, that Bruce hit with six different clubs. State these distances in feet. The ratio of yards to feet is 1: 3.

Type your response here: Golf Club Distance (yards) Distance (feet) 9 iron 99 7 iron 120 5 iron 144 3 iron 162 3 wood 174 Driver 192 b. With which club did Bruce hit the shortest distance? What was the distance in feet?

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Type your response here: d. The distance from home plate to the center field fence on the baseball field at Bruce’s school is 370 feet. Which golf club (or clubs) could Bruce use to hit a golf ball over the center field fence from home plate? Use the table in part a to answer this question.

Type your response here: e. The sum of the lengths of all 18 holes on the golf course is 7,040 yards. What is this total distance in feet? The ratio of yards to feet is 1: 3.

Type your response here: f. One mile is equal to 5,280 feet. What is the sum of the lengths of all 18 holes on the golf course in miles?

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