Metric Basic Facts

about the length of a pencil tip

• decimeter (dm)

• millimeter (mm)

• centimeter (cm)

• meter (m)

about the width of your hand

• decimeter (dm)

• millimeter (mm)

• centimeter (cm)

• meter (m)

about the width of a door

• decimeter (dm)

• millimeter (mm)

• centimeter (cm)

• meter (m)

about the width of your finger

• decimeter (dm)

• millimeter (mm)

• centimeter (cm)

• meter (m)

about the distance you walk in 10 minutes

• decimeter (dm)

• millimeter (mm)

• kilometer (Km)

• meter (m)

1 cm = ______ mm

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

1 dm = ______ cm

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

1 m = ______ cm

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

1 m = ______ dm

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

1 Km = ______ m

• 1

• 10

• 100

• 1,000