Metric Conversion

1.2 Metric Conversions

by Brooke Manley

Multiple Choice

Using the conversion chart, as the units move to the left, the decimal place moves to the ____________.

• Right

• Sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left

• Left

• The decimal place doesn't change between units

​Metric Conversion

​Practice Problems:

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​1000 mg = ______ g

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​1 L = _______ mL

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​160 cm = ______ mm

Multiple Choice

7,000 g = ____ kg

• 70

• 700

• 7

• 0.07

Multiple Choice

648 g = ____ mg

• 6,480

• 64,800

• 648,000

• 64.8

Multiple Choice

240 cm = ___________ m

• 2400

• 24

• 2.4

• 0.24

Multiple Choice

3 km = ___________ mm

• 30

• 300

• 3,000

• 3,000,000

Multiple Choice

68 cm = ___________ mm

• 0.68

• 6.8

• 68

• 680

Multiple Choice

32.9 km = ___________ cm

• 32,900

• 329,000

• 3,290,000

• 32,900,000