Conversions Between English and Metric Units (C6-80)

Ag Decision Maker Activity File C6-80 Conversions between English and Metric Units

Complete the following activity using information from File C6-80 and Decision Tool Metric Conversions.

Today, agriculture is a global market, in your ag class, you are required to write a paper comparing U.S. agriculture to another country. You are reading a news report that discusses farming operations in Brazil, and decide that seems like a good country to learn more about. First, you will need to know how operations in Brazil relate to farming operations in the U.S. You will need to convert everything to English measurements to see where the differences are.

160 Acres = ______Hectares

300 Hectares = ______Acres

100 Kilometers = ______Miles

100 Quintals (Soybeans) = ______Bushels

100 Quintals (Corn) = ______Bushels

110 Quintals per hectare (Corn) = ______Bushels per acre

40 Quintals per hectare (Beans) = ______Bushels per acre

Beans @ $12.37 per bushel = ______Reals per Quintal

Corn @ $4.78 per bushel = ______Reals per Quintal

Currency Conversion: $1.00 USD = $2.00901 Brazil Reals, or look up the current data at: http://www.xe.com/ucc/

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