
- Metric Units of Measurement
- Home
- Choosing Metric Measurement Units
- Measuring Length to the Nearest Centimeter
- Measuring Length to the Nearest Millimeter
- Metric Distance Conversion with Whole Number Values
- Metric Mass or Capacity Conversion with Whole Number Values
- Metric Distance Conversion with Decimal Values
- Metric Conversion with Decimal Values: Two-Step Problem
- Time Unit Conversion with Whole Number Values
- Introduction to Adding Time
- Introduction to Elapsed Time
- Converting between Metric and U.S. Customary Unit Systems
Time Unit Conversion with Whole Number Values
The basic metric unit for time is a second. Other metric units for time are minutes, hours, days and so on. These units of time are same as the US customary units of time.
In this lesson, we solve problems on conversion among various metric units for time involving whole number values only.

Fill in the blank to make the conversion true.
90 days = __ months
Solution
Step 1:
We know that
30 days = 1 month
Step 2:
90 days = 90 days × 1 month/30 days = 3 months
So, 90 days = 3 months
Fill in the blank to make the conversion true.
4800 seconds = __ minutes
Solution
Step 1:
We know that
60 seconds = 1 minute
Step 2:
4800 seconds = 4800 seconds × 1 minutes/60 seconds = 80 minutes
So, 4800 seconds = 80 minutes
Fill in the blank to make the conversion true.
4 years = __days
Solution
Step 1:
We know that
1 year = 365 days
Step 2:
4 years = 4 years × 365 days/1 year = 1460 days
So, 4 years = 1460 days