METRIC CONVERSIONS LADDER REVIEW

Metric Conversions

(The rest of the world's system measuring system)

Units of Measurement

• Length = Meters (m)

• Weight = Grams (g)

• Volume = Liters (L)

Unit Pre-fixes

• kilo (k) --> (LARGEST)

• hecto (h)

• deka (dk)

• base unit

• deci (d)

• centi (c)

• milli (m) --> (SMALLEST)

Multiple Choice

Which is larger? 1 km or 1dm

• 1 km

• 1 dm

Multiple Choice

Put these units in order from smallest to largest.

• mg, cm, dm, g, kg, dkg, hg

• mg, cm, dm, g, dkg, hg, kg

Multiple Choice

Convert 25 m to mm

• 25000 mm

• 250 mm

• .25 mm

• .00025 mm

Multiple Choice

Convert 45 mm to dm

• 450 dm

• .45 dm

• 450000 dm

• 34 dm

Multiple Choice

Convert 120 km to m

• 1,200 m

• .45 m

• 120,000 m

• .120 m

Multiple Choice

Which is larger?

250 kg or 250,000 cg

• 250 kg

• 250,000 cg

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The SI unit for length is

Multiple Choice

The SI unit for mass is

• pounds

• ounces

• grams

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The SI unit for time is

Multiple Choice

The SI unit for temperature is

• Fahrenheit

• Kelvin

• Celcius

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Convert 40 degrees Celsius to Kelvin

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Convert 21 degrees Fahrenheit to Celsius

Multiple Choice

240 [cm] = ___________ [m]

• 2400
• 24
• 2.4
• 0.24

Multiple Choice

1000 [m] = ___________ [km]

• 100
• 10
• 1
• 0.1

Multiple Choice

15.6 [L] = ___________ [mL]

• 15,600
• 156,000
• 1,560,000
• 15,600,000

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The metric system is based on _________ value. Each unit is related to the next largest or next smallest unit by a POWER OF ______.

Metric System

• Kilo 1 kilo = 1,000 units

• Hecto 1 hecto = 100 units

• Deka 1 deca = 10 units

• Unit (meter, liter, gram) 1 unit

• Deci 10 deci = 1 unit

• Centi 100 centi = 1 unit

• Milli 1000 milli = 1 unit

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Using a map, Alex estimates the distance between his house and his grandparent’s house to be about 15,000 meters. About how many kilometers away from his grandparent’s house does Alex live?

15,000 meters = ____ km

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Jamie made a bracelet 1.8 decimeters long. How many millimeters long is Jamie’s bracelet?

Multiple Choice

Mario rode his bike 100,000 mm to see Javon, how many meters did he ride?

• 10,000 meters

• 1,000 meters

• 100 meters

• 10 meters

Metric Staircase

Multiple Choice

Which way do you move the decimal to make the base unit larger?

• Left

• Right

• Neither

Symbols for Prefixes

• The symbols are used when writing the unit label for the conversion

• The unit is written as (Prefix symbol)(Base unit symbol)

Multiple Choice

How would you write centimeters with symbols?

• cem

• cm

• CM

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Convert 8.0 mm to cm.

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Convert 5.6 kg to g.

Multiple Choice

Which word means "how much space something takes up"?

• volume

• weight

• mass

Multiple Choice

Which word means "the amount of matter in an object"?

• volume

• weight

• mass

Multiple Choice

Which of the following DOES NOT CHANGE, even if you change locations?

• mass

• weight

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41.9 hg = ______ kg

(Only enter the number for your answer...not the unit.)

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336.2 km = ______ cm

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422.3 dag = ______ g

Multiple Choice

What does the prefix deci stand for?

• 10

• 100

• 0.01

• 0.1

Multiple Choice

What is the basic unit for volume?

• liters

• grams

• meters

• newtons

Multiple Choice

What does the K stand for in King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk?

• kicking

• kito

• kilo

• keto

Multiple Choice

If I move my decimal point to the left it makes the units...

• larger

• smaller

• doesn't change

• it does nothing

Multiple Choice

If I move my decimal point to the right it makes the units...

• larger

• smaller

• doesn't change

• it does nothing

Multiple Choice

1 millimeter = __ centimeters

• .10 cm

• 100 cm

• 1,000 cm

• 10,000 cm