Topic 6-9 Converting Metric Units

Topic 6-9 Converting Metric Units

School Year 2020-2021

Lyle has a bowl that contains 0.8 kilogram of salt. He uses a spoon to remove 850 centigrams of salt. How much salt, in centigrams, remains?

Open Ended

The middle of the skate ramp is 2.5 meters wide. Emelia and her father want to use a board that is 23.5 decimeters long. Is this board wide enough for them to use? Convert the decimeters to meters to explain.

Multiple Choice

A quarter weighs 5.67 grams. How much does the quarter weigh

in centigrams?

• 0.0567 centigrams

• 0.567 centigrams

• 56.7 centigrams

• 567 centigrams

Lightning Round!

You have 60 seconds to convert the metric units!

Multiple Choice

8,000 g = ___________ kg

• 8

• 80

• 800

• 8,000

Multiple Choice

7 km = ____________ m

• 70

• 700

• 7,000

• 70,000

Multiple Choice

10 L = ________________ mL

• 100

• 1,000

• 10,000

• 100,000

Multiple Choice

5 cm = _____________ mm

• 10

• 50

• 500

• 5,000

Multiple Choice

500 cL = ________ L

• 50 L

• 5 L

• 5000 L

• 50000 L

Multiple Choice

54,000 mm = _________km

• 0.054 km

• 0.54 km

• 5.4 km

• 54 km