Unit Conversion Worksheets Grade 6

1. A construction company needs to mix concrete using a ratio of 3 parts cement to 5 parts sand to 2 parts gravel. If they need to make 2500 kilograms of concrete for a foundation, how many kilograms of sand should they use?
2. Convert 2.4 kilometers to meters using the ratio 1:1000 = ?
3. A triangular garden is drawn on a coordinate plane with vertices at (0,0), (15,0), and (0,8). The scale ratio for the drawing is 1 unit = 4 meters. What is the actual area of the garden in square meters?

…and 5 more problems

1. A map of a national park uses a scale where 1 centimeter represents 2.5 kilometers of actual distance. If the hiking trail from the visitor center to the waterfall measures 8.4 centimeters on the map, how many meters long is the actual hiking trail?
2. A recipe for making fruit punch requires mixing 2 cups of orange juice with 5 cups of pineapple juice. If Emma wants to make a larger batch using 8 cups of orange juice, how many cups of pineapple juice should she use to maintain the same flavor ratio?
3. A construction company needs to mix concrete using cement, sand, and gravel in a ratio of 1:2:4. If they need to make 3.5 cubic meters of concrete, how many liters of cement do they need? (Remember: 1 cubic meter = 1000 liters)

…and 5 more problems

1. A rectangular swimming pool is drawn on a coordinate plane with corners at (2,3), (14,3), (14,9), and (2,9). The scale ratio for the drawing is 1 unit = 4 meters. What is the actual area of the swimming pool in square meters?
2. A construction company needs to mix concrete using a ratio of 3 parts cement to 5 parts sand to 2 parts gravel. If they need to make 1500 kilograms of concrete for a foundation, how many kilograms of sand should they use?
3. Convert 3.25 kilometers to meters using the ratio 1:1000 = ?

…and 5 more problems