Metric System

Metric System

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Standard System vs Metric System

Standard: Foot, gallons, pounds, Fahrenheit

Metric: based on Multiples of 10

Base Units

• Volume = Liters = L

• Mass = Grams = g

• Length = meters = m

The Metric System

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Prefixes

• The Metric system is based on multiples of tens.

Remember

• “King Henry Doesn’t (Usually) Drink Chocolate Milk”

Multiple Select

Which units below are NOT part of the metric system? Check all that apply.

• Inches

• Feet

• Meters

• Grams

Multiple Select

Which units are the BASE units in the metric system? Check all that apply.

• Meters

• Liters

• Grams

• Inches

• Miles

Multiple Choice

The Metric System is based on powers of:

• 5's

• 10's

• 20's

• 50's

Multiple Choice

The metric unit of measurement for length is ____________________. 

• Liter
• Meter
• gram
• inch

Multiple Choice

The metric unit of measurement for weight or mass is ________________.

• Gram
• Liter
• Pound
• Meter

Multiple Choice

The metric unit of measurement for capacity or volume is ________________.

• Gram
• Meter
• Liter
• Ounce

Converting Units

• Changing a Metric Units to another Metric Unit

• Moving BIG unit to small Multiply

• Moving small to BIG Divide

Multiple Choice

42 L = ? mL

• 4,200

• .0042

• 4.20

• 42,000

Multiple Choice

40 mL =  ? cL

• 400
• 4000
• 4
• 0.4

Multiple Choice

3 cm = ? mm

• 30

• 300

• 3000

• 0.3

Multiple Choice

400 cg = ? g

• 4
• 40
• 50
• 400

Multiple Choice

75.2 cm = ? m

• 0.752

• 7.52

• 75.2

• 752

Multiple Choice

Convert:

3 kg = ? g

• 3

• 30

• 300

• 3,000

Multiple Choice

6,000 mL = ? L

• 60

• 600

• 6

• 6,000