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HOMEWORK
CONVERSION FACTORS

DIRECTIONS: Solve the followingproblems BY USING CONVERSION FACTORS. Show units’ cancellation.

1. Silver is selling for $8.50 an ounce. How many ounces of silver can you buy with your$527.00 income tax return?

2. A rancher needs one acre of grazing land for 10 cattle, how many acres are needed for 155 cattle?

3. A trucker maintains anaverage speed of 65 miles per hour in traveling from Phoenix to L.A. How many hours will it take him to travel the 415 miles?

4. A pancake recipe callsfor 4 eggs per batch. How many batches of pancakes can you make with 2 dozen eggs?

5. Bamboo can grow 3 feet in 20 hours.
a. How many feet would itgrow in 100 hours?
b. How many hours would it take the bamboo to grow 10 feet?


6. A student needs 420 special postage stamps. The stamps are sold 6per sheet, each stamp booklet has 3 sheets, and the cost is $14.40 per booklet.
a. What is the cost of all stamps?
b. How much is the cost each stamp?7. A capsule-filling machine at the drug manufacturing plant fills the capsules by weight. Each capsule requires 0.65 grams of antibiotic. How manycapsules can be filled with a 120-gram supply of antibiotic?

8. A horse is 15 hands high. Calculate his height in feet. (One hand is 4 inches and there are12 inches in 1 foot).

9. One Euro is worth $1.21. In a French market, peaches cost 3.72 Euros per kg. How
many kg of peaches could you buy with $5.00?