Metric Measurement & Estimation

Which of the following metric measurements would be used to measure the length of a football field?

• Centimeters

• Kilometers

• Meters

• Decimeters

Which is the best estimate for the height of a ferris wheel?

• 30 centimeters

• 5 meters

• 23 meters

• 100 millimeters

What metric prefix means 100?

• kilo

• hecto

• deca

• deci

The metric system is based on units of:

• 5

• 10

• 100

• 1000

A unit of mass in the metric system is the:

• liter

• meter

• gram

• kilometer

What metric prefix means $\frac{1}{100}$ ?

• deci

• centi

• milli

• kilo

What measurement would be best be used to estimate the length of a cap eraser?

• 6 centimeters

• 0.5 meters

• 15 millimeters

• 1 kilometer

1 gram is about the weight of a:

• banana

• paper clip

• cup of ice cream

A big bottle of soda is ____.

• 5 milliliters

• 50 milliliters

• 2 liters

• 1 deciliter

Which choice best represents the depth of a swimming pool?

Depth = how deep it is.

• 3 meters

• 15 meters

• 100 centimeters

• 30 millimeters