METRIC CONVERSIONS

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Look at the ruler. What is the distance in centimeters (cm) from 0 to A?

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Multiple Choice

The following is used to measure

• length

• volume

• mass

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a fundamental property that we measure?

• Density

• Velocity

• Force

• Mass

Multiple Choice

What is the basic unit of length

• foot

• inches

• meter

• yards

Multiple Choice

a "milli" is

• 0.1

• 0.001

• 1

• 0.01

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct base unit for measuring liquid volume in the metric system?

• gram (g)

• meter (m)

• liter (l)

• second (s)

Multiple Choice

Convert from meters to cm:  9 meters

• 900 cm
• 90 cm
• 0.9 cm
• 0.09 cm

Multiple Choice

Convert 8 kilometers to meters

• 800 m
• 80,000 m
• 8,000 m
• .008 m

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about converting area measurements in the metric system is correct?

• You move the decimal once for each prefix.

• You move the decimal twice the number of places indicated by the prefix.

• You do not move the decimal for area measurements.

• Area measurements cannot be converted in the metric system.

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Drag the numbers to their correct place on the table!

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3

4

7,100

8,100

30

71,000

40

81,000

Multiple Choice

Donovan Bailey and Maurice Greene tie for the world record for the fastest 50 meter sprint. How many centimeters is this?

• 500 centimeters

• 5,000 centimeters

• 50,000 centimeters

• 500,000 centimeters

Multiple Choice

4,250 cm. is equal to how many meters?

• 425,000 m.

• 42,500 m.

• 425 m.

• 42.5 m.

Multiple Choice

How many inches long is the yellow pencil?

• 8 inches

• 4 inches

• 12 inches

Math Response

Carmen knows to multiply by 100 to find the number of centimeters when given a length in meters. Carmen created this table to determine how many centimeters are equivalent to different lengths given in meters.

Carmen will run a 1,150-meter race.

How many centimeters is equivalent to 1,150 meters?

Type answer here

Correct Answer: 115000

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Multiple Choice

How many centimeters are in 3 meters?

• 10 cm
• 1,000 cm
• 30 cm
• 300 cm

Multiple Choice

The guitar is 1.5 m long. How many centimeters?

• 150 cm

• 15 cm

• 500 cm

Multiple Choice

How many centimeters long is the truck?

• 4 cm

• 5 cm

• 500 cm

Multiple Choice

40 cm = mm

• 4

• 40

• 4000

• 400

Multiple Choice

How many millimeters (mm) are in 1 centimeter (cm)?

• 1 mm

• 100 mm

• 10 mm

• 1,000 mm

Multiple Choice

How many significant digits would you report in this measurement?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

1 L = _______ mL

• 1
• 10
• 100
• 1000

Multiple Choice

40 cm = ______ mm
( 1 cm = 10 mm)

• 4000
• 40
• 400
• None of the Above

Multiple Choice

A rattlesnake is 2.44 m long. How long is the snake in cm?

• 2440 cm

• 244 cm

• 24.4 cm

Multiple Choice

Which of the following numbers has exactly three significant digits?

• 0.0078

• 456

• 34500

• 0.090

Multiple Select

Select all statements that correctly describe the use of scientific notation.

• It is used for expressing very large or very small values.

• The base must be between 1.0 and 9.999.

• If the exponent is negative, the value is greater than 1.

• To convert to decimal, move the decimal the number of places indicated by the exponent.