Lesson 10.5 Metric Conversions

How many centimeters are in 4.7 meters?

• 4.7 centimeters

• 47 centimeters

• 470 centimeters

• 4,700 centimeters

Eric has a 3-liter container of milk. He poured 2 glasses. Each glass had exactly 150 milliliters of milk. How many liters of milk remain in the container?

• 0.0 liters

• 2.7 liters

• 27 liters

• 0.27 liters

Ty had an object that was 17 centimeters in length. He correctly changed the length of the object to 170 but forgot to label the type of units he changed the centimeters to. What units did Ty correctly change 17 centimeters to?

• Decimeters

• Millimeters

• Hectometers

• Meters

A grocery store reports its weekly food sales. The table below shows the number of grams or kilograms of four types of food that were sold during one week. What is the number of grams or kilograms that are equal to the weights shown in the table?

• 53,000 apples; 127 potatoes; 7,090 blueberries; 0.816 black pepper

• 530 apples; 127 potatoes; 790 blueberries; 816 black peppper

• 5,300 apples; 1.27 potatoes; 709.0 blueberries; 8.16 black pepper

Ava filled 3 cups with different amounts of water. The amounts were 225 ml, 370 ml, and 435 ml of water. Which of the following is the total amount of water, in LITERS, that Ava used to fill the 3 cups?

• 1.030 liters

• 103.0 liters

• 10.30 liters

• 1,030 liters

Ms. Rojas had 1,500 grams of clay to use in her art class. She gave 310 grams to each of 4 groups of students. She put the remaining clay in a container. How many kilograms of clay did Ms. Rojas put in the container?

• 26.0 kilograms

• 0.260 kilograms

• 2.6 kilograms

• 260 kilograms

Nick and his brother competed in the standing broad jump at the school’s field day. Nick jumped a distance of 205 centimeters. His brother’s distance was 55 centimeters longer than Nick’s distance. Which of the following shows the distance, in meters, that Nick’s brother jumped?

• 260 meters

• 26 meters

• 2.6 meters

• 0.26 meters

Jake’s mom filled a 2-liter container with juice. Then Jake poured 2 glasses of juice. Each glass had exactly 400 milliliters of juice. How many liters of juice remain in the container?

• 0.1200 liters

• 12.00 liters

• 1,200 liters

• 1.2 liters

The length of a table is 145 centimeters. What is the length of the table in meters?

• 0.145 meters

• 1.45 meters

• 14.5 meters

• 145 meters

A pencil measures 18 centimeters. How many meters long is the pencil?

• 0.18 meters

• 1.8 meters

• 18 meters

• 180 meters