Metric Units of Length

5 meters = _______ cm

17 meters = ______ decimeters

Mr. Farrell is reading a book that is 4cm thick. He says that his book is $\frac{4}{100}$ of a meter.  Is he correct?  

What fraction of a meter is 1 decimeter?

A stamp in Samantha's collection is 3cm wide. How many milimeters wide is the stamp?

Alexis's dog is 58 centimeters tall. What is the dog's height in meters?

A worm is 130 millimeters long. How many centimeters long is the worm?

How many 50 centimeter pieces of ribbon can Joshua cut from a roll of ribbon 60 meters long?

Hint: this is a multi-step problem

A sidewalk is 40 meters long. Each section of the sidewalk is 8 decimeters long. How many sections of sidewalk are there?

How well do you think you understand metric units of length?