Metric Quiz

 The Metric system is based on units of__.

• 1's
• 5's
• 10's
• 15's

The basic metric unit for distance is the _.

• gram
• meter
• liter

How many centimeters are in 1 meter?

• 100
• 10
• 1000
• 10000

9m = ____cm

• 90 cm
• 900 cm
• 9,000 cm
• 0.9 cm

285 kg = ____ g

• 285,000
• 285
• 2,850
• 28,500

Convert from meters to cm:  9 meters

• 900 cm
• 90 cm
• 0.9 cm
• 0.09 cm

Is 20 g greater than, less than, or equal to 2 kg?

• greater than
• less than
• equal to

648 g = ____ mg

• 6,480
• 64,800
• 648,000
• 64.8

42 L = ___mL

• 4,200
• .0042
• 4.20
• 42,000

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