GCSE Maths – Geometry and Measures

Units of Measure
Worksheet

This worksheet will show you how to work out different types of units of
measures questions. Each section contains a worked example, a question
with hints and then questions for you to work through on your own.

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 Section A

Worked Example

Umar runs 5,200 metres every day. Work out how far Umar runs in 5 days in
kilometres.

Step 1: Find the conversion for metres to kilometres.

𝑚𝑚 → ÷ 1000 → 𝑘𝑘𝑚𝑚

Step 2: Calculate the value in kilometres.

5200 ÷ 1000 = 5.2

Umar runs 5.2 km a day

Step 3: Calculate the distance ran in 5 days.

5.2 × 5 = 26

Umar runs 26 km in 5 days.

Guided Example

Shriya is 5 feet and 3 inches tall. Ayushi is 169 cm tall. Shriya says “I am the taller
one”. Is she correct?

Step 1: Convert all values to 1 unit.

Change all values to cm

Step 2: Use ratios to convert 5 feet to the chosen common unit.

1 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 = 30 𝑐𝑐𝑚𝑚
5 5 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 = _______𝑐𝑐𝑚𝑚2 5
G go
Step 4: Use ratios to convert 3 inches to the chosen common unit.

1 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑐𝑐ℎ = 2.5 𝑐𝑐𝑚𝑚

x3G3 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 = _______𝑐𝑐𝑚𝑚
7g 13
Step 5: Add these heights together to calculate Shriya’s height in centimetres. Compare Shriya’s
and Ayushi’s heights.

150 7.5 1575am Shriya'sheight

Shriya is wrong Ayushiistaller as169an 157.5cm

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1. Convert 0.02 kilometres to centimetres

M 1080m em
woo
0.02 1000 20m
20 100 2000an
0.2km 2000cm
2. Convert 45 feet to yards (3 𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑓𝑓 = 1 𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦)

3ft 1yard
45ft 15yards
45feet 15yards
3. Ross travels 36 km from Birmingham to Coventry. He then drives 120 miles to
London. Calculate the total distance Ross travels in miles. (5 𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 = 8 𝑘𝑘𝑚𝑚)
Asthequestionasksforthedistance inmilesconvertalldistancestomiles
5miles 8km
2622.5miles 36km7 TotalDistance 22.5 120 142.5
142.5miles
4. Rachel and Phoebe go running. Rachel runs 1km to Phoebe’s house and together
they run 5 miles. Rachel then runs back home. How many kilometres does Rachel
run? (5 𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 = 8 𝑘𝑘𝑚𝑚)
I 2km to andfroPhoebe'shouse Total 2 8 10km
miles 8km theyrun8kmtogether Rachelruns atotal
of 10km
5. Monica sees this sign. What is the distance between the Town and the Beach?

Km Tom
2.7 km 920 m
27 1000 2700m
Addthedistances 2700 920 3620m
as itshowsthe
the distance 3620m or 3.62km
fromwhereMonica
is standing

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 Section B

Worked Example

Convert 760 mm2 to cm2

Step 1: Convert mm2 to cm2.

𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚2 → ÷ 100 → 𝑐𝑐𝑚𝑚2

Step 2: Calculate the required value.

760 ÷ 100 = 7.6

760 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚2 = 7.6 𝑐𝑐𝑚𝑚2

Guided Example

Convert 21 cm3 to mm3

Step 1: Convert cm3 to mm3.

X10 mm
M
cm
g mm

Step 2: Calculate the required value.

21am x 1000 21000mm

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6. Convert 3232 cm2 to m2

100 m
m
em Yog me
3232 10000 0.3232m

7. Convert 9245 mm3 to cm3

10 em
mm
mm If some

9245 1000 9.245cm

8. Convert 0.003 m2 to mm2

x1000 mm
m
x10002
m2ex mm
ooo
ooo

0.003 1000000 3000mm

9. A triangle’s area is 12000 cm2. What is the area in m2?

100
em m
em É m

12,000 10,000 1.2m

10. The volume of a box is 3000000 cm3. What is the volume in m3?
100
em m
em É ooo
m3

3000000 1000000 3m3

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 Section C

Worked Example

Charles pours lemonade out of a 1 litre jug. His cup holds 300 ml and he fills his cup
exactly halfway. How much lemonade is left in the jug in ml?

Step 1: Convert the capacity of lemonade into millilitres.

𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑦𝑦𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 → × 1000 → 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚

There is 1000 ml of lemonade in the 1 litre jug.

Step 2: Calculate how much lemonade is poured into Charles’ glass.

300 ÷ 2 = 150

Charles pours 150 ml out of the jug

Step 3: Calculate the remaining capacity.

1000 − 150 = 850

There is 850 ml of lemonade left in the jug.

Guided Example

Amy donates 30 pints of milk to Food Aid. Jake donates 3 gallons of milk. Who
donates more milk?

Step 1: Convert all values to a chosen common unit.

Change all values to pints

Step 2: Use ratios to convert 3 gallons to pints.

8 𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒 = 1 𝑔𝑔𝑦𝑦𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑖
3
24 3
____𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒 = _____𝑔𝑔𝑦𝑦𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑖𝑒𝑒 7 3

Step 3: Work out who donates more milk.

30pints 24pints Amy donatesmoremilk

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11. Convert 4000 ml to cm3

I ml Iam 4000cm
1
4000
0
4000me 4000cm

12. Convert 9 litres to gallons

Igallon a 4
2gallon I 58
91
2gallons

13. Rosa is having a party. She mixes 4 litres of Apple Juice with 1800 ml of Mango
Juice and 500 ml of Orange Juice. What is the total capacity of her drink?

Convertall tome
I l 1000mL Totalcapacity 4000 1800 500
4 41 4000mL
6300mL or 6.31

14. Terry is mixing paint to make a specific colour of teal. He mixed 1 gallon of dark blue
with 1.9 litres of Green Paint and 1140 ml of White Paint. He needs 7.5 litres of paint
to cover his walls. Will Terry have enough paint?
Convert all to litres Mt
Igallon 4 5Litres darkblue 1140 1000 1.141 white
4S t 1.14 1 9 7.54
Terryuses 7.541 ofpaint 7 5477.5
ThereforeTerry hasenoughpaint
15. Kevin and Ray are at a farm, milking cows. Kevin milks 6.75 litres and Ray milks 11
pints. Who milks more?

Convertingto pints

11 I 1.76pints
6.751111.88 pints
11.88 11
Kevinmilksmore

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 Section D

Worked Example

Gina receives an order weighing 1.9 kg. Another parcel arrives weighing 980 grams.
What is the total mass of Gina’s packages?

Step 1: Convert mass from kilograms to grams.

𝑘𝑘𝑔𝑔 → × 1000 → 𝑔𝑔
The first order has a mass of 1900 g.

Step 2: Calculate the total mass of Gina’s packages.

1900 + 980 = 2880 𝑔𝑔

The total mass of the packages is 2880 grams.

Guided Example

Doug is going on holiday and is travelling with 2 suitcases. The first suitcase weighs
9.5 kg, and the second suitcase weighs 3500 g. There is a 15 kg total limit, does
Doug exceed the limit?

Step 1: Convert mass from grams to kilograms.

g AO kg
3500 1000 3 5
3.5
The second suitcase has a mass of _____kg.

Step 2: Calculate the total mass of Doug’s luggage.

9 5 3.5 13kg

Step 3: Evaluate whether the luggage exceeds the limit.

13 6 15
Therefore Doug doesnot exceed the limit

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16. Convert 45 ounces to grams (28 𝑔𝑔 = 1 𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑖𝑖𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒)

28g Iounce
SG1260g 45ounce 1260g

17. Convert 3 stones to grams (6.4 𝑘𝑘𝑔𝑔 = 1 𝑒𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑖𝑒𝑒)

6
4kg Istone 5
3619.2kg 3stones

kg 9g 19.2 1000 19200g

18. Scully weighs 19.5 stones. Hitchcock weighs 120 kg. Who weighs more and by how
much? (6.4 𝑘𝑘𝑔𝑔 = 1 𝑒𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑖𝑒𝑒)

6 4kg I stone
124.8kg 19.5stones

Difference 124.8 120 48

12487120
Scully weighsmore by4.8kg
19. Madeleine buys some vegetables. She buys 1.5 kg of potatoes, 400g of tomatoes,
2390 grams of onions and butternut squash weighing 1.1 kg. She carries them with 2
bags. Each bag can hold a mass of up to 2500 grams. Will Madeleine be able to
carry the vegetables with 2 bags?

2 bags can hold 2 2500 5000g

1000
kg g Total weight
15 1000 1500g 1500 1100 2390 400 5390
1I 1000 1100g 5390g 5000g
Madeleinewillnotbeable hold
to allthe
vegetableswith 2bags

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20. A lift can hold up to 650 kg. There are 8 people in this lift and each person weighs 10
stones on average. Will the lift be able to carry the weight of all 8 people? (6.4 𝑘𝑘𝑔𝑔 =
1 𝑒𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑖𝑒𝑒)

Totalweightofthepeople 8 10 80stones
6 4kg Istone
51 2 kg 80stones
512 L 650
The
lift willbeableto carry all 8people

21. Cagney weighed 6.4 pounds when she was born. Lacey 100 ounces when she was
born. Who weighed more at birth? (16 𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑖𝑖𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 = 1 𝑝𝑝𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑖𝑖𝑦𝑦)

I6ounces I pound 6.4

s102.4oz 6.4pounds

102.4 7100
Cagney weighed more at birth

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 Section E

Worked Example

Convert 100 hours into days.

Step 1: State the conversion from hours into days.

𝐻𝐻𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑦𝑦𝑒𝑒 → ÷ 24 → 𝐷𝐷𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑒𝑒

Step 2: Calculate how many days 100 hours is in days.

100 ÷ 24 = 4.167 𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑒𝑒

So,

100 ℎ𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑦𝑦𝑒𝑒 = 4.2 𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑦𝑒𝑒

Guided Example

Sophia does her Maths, Geography, and Economics homework. It takes her a total
of three hours. She spends 70 minutes on her Economics homework and 80 minutes
on her Geography Homework. How many minutes does Sophia spend doing her
Maths homework?

Step 1: Convert from hours to minutes.

Ihour 60min
b3hours 180min
Step 2: Calculate how much time she has spent doing her Geography and Economics homework.

70 80 150

Step 3: Calculate the time she spends doing her maths homework.

180 150 30

Sophia spends 30min onhermathshomework

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22. Covert 2,160,000 seconds to hours.

see min hours

2160000 60 36000min
36000 60 600hours

23. Convert a fortnight to hours.

Fortnight 2weeks
2Weeks 14days 1day 24
hours
I 1424336
14
days 336
hours

24. Ava is travelling on a train to Brooklyn. She leaves at 11:05. Her journey takes 1 hour
and 57 minutes. What time is her train due to arrive in Brooklyn?

1h57min 2h 3min AVAarrives inBrooklyn at 1302

11 05 2h 13 05 or 1 02pm
13 05 3min 13 o

25. David is completing a puzzle. He takes 5 min and 45 seconds to complete it. Debby
also completes a puzzle but takes 200 seconds longer. How long does Debby take to
complete the puzzle?
1min 0sec 200sec 0313min Debbietakes 3min20sec
3min 20sec
longer
5min45s 3min 8min45s Pebblestakes9min5sec 545sec to
8min45s 20s 9min5s
completethepuzzle
26. Nikolaj is watching a movie starting at 10:30 and ending at 3:05pm. How long is the
movie?
10 30 4hours 14 30 2 30pm
230pmt 30min 3 00pm
300pm t 5min 3 05pm
hour t 30min 5min 4hours35min
Themovie is 4hoursand35min
long

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 Section F

Worked Example

Jason goes to a shop and buys:

chocolate - 99p
sweets - £1.29
biscuits - 89p
crisps - £2.25

What is the total cost of his shop in pounds?

Step 1: Convert all the prices to 1 unit (pounds).

99𝑝𝑝 = £0.99
89𝑝𝑝 = £0.89

Step 2: Once they are in the same unit, add up all the prices.

£0.89 + £0.99 + £1.29 + £2.25 = £5.42

Jason’s total shop cost £𝟓𝟓. 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒.

Guided Example

Melanie is going on holiday to New York. She has £200 that needs to be converted to
dollars before she goes. How many dollars will she receive if £1 = $1.40?

Step 1: Use ratios to convert £200 to dollars.

I 1 40
200
4200 280

Shewillreceive 280

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27. Sharon goes to London. Her travel expenses cost £77.50, her food expenses cost
816p. She also bought some gifts for her family. In total she spent £100, how much
did she spend on gifts?

28. Marcus bought 2 pens at 64p each, 3 binders at £1.09 each and 1 rubber at £1.19.
He pays with a £10 note. Work out how much change Marcus should get from £10.

29. Mac went to Spain. He changed £450 into euros (€). The exchange rate was
£1 = €1.62. How many euros does he get from £450?

30. A pencil costs 85p. Work out how many pencils can be bought with a £5 note.

31. Keith is going on holiday to Japan. He wants to change £150 into yen. The exchange
rate is £1 = ¥168. How many Yen will Keith receive?

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