Metric Units of Length

5 meters = _______ cm

• 5

• 50

• 500

• 5000

17 meters = ______ decimeters

• 1.7

• 0.17

• 170

• 1700

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?  

• Yes, because 1 cm =  $\frac{1}{100}$  of a meter

• Yes, because 1 meter =  $\frac{1}{100}$  of a centimeter

• No, because 4 cm = 400 meters

• No, because 1 meter = 100 cm

What fraction of a meter is 1 decimeter?

• $\frac{1}{1000}$

• $\frac{1}{10}$

• $\frac{\frac{1}{10,000}}{ }$

• $\frac{1}{100}$

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

• 0.3

• 30

• 3,000

• 300

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

• 5.8 meters

• 50.8 meters

• 580 meters

• 0.58 meters

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

• 13

• 13,000

• 130

• 0.13

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

• 120

• 12

• 300

• 30

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

• 5

• 500

• 50

• 0.5

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

• These problems are easy!

• These problems are difficult.

• I feel like I can get most of them right, but not all.