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4th Grade Math - Converting Units

Updated: Aug 24, 2025

This post explains and gives practice opportunities related to TEKS 4.8B:

convert measurements within the same measurement system, customary or metric, from a smaller unit into a larger unit or a larger unit into a smaller unit when given other equivalent measures represented in a table

Instruction

Students learn to convert units in both the metric and customary systems when they can find the rule using a table.

STAAR Practice

Between 2016 and 2025 (including redesign practice), this supporting standard has been tested 6 times on the STAAR test. Videos explaining the problems can be found below. If you'd rather take a quiz over these questions, click here. The videos below are linked to the questions in the quiz as answer explanations after the quiz is submitted.

To view all the posts in this 4th grade TEKS review series, click here.

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