Converting Measurement Units of Length

When converting a larger unit to a smaller unit, you 

• divide
• multiply
• add
• subtract

(Almost) every spring, cyclists participate in a two-day fundraising ride from Atlanta to Jonesboro. Which unit would be best for measuring the distance they ride?

• meter

• kilometer

• centimeter

• millimeter

How many centimeters  are in meter?

• 10¹ centimeters

• 10² centimeters

• 10³ meters

• 10⁴ centimeters

Which shows the metric units of length from shortest to longest?

• millimeters, meters, centimeters, kilometers

• kilometers, meters, centimeters, millimeters

• millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers

• millimeters, centimeters, grams, kilometers,

How many millimeters are equal to 3 centimeters?

• 0.3 mm

• 30 mm

• 300 mm

• 3,000 mm

Mark the answer that names the longest length.

• 10 m

• 100 cm

Convert 12 km to m

• 120 m
• 1,200 m
• 12,000 m
• 120,000 m

10 m = _______cm

• 100 cm
• 1,000 cm
• 1 m
• 10 m

Ivan ran 3 kilometers last week. How many meters did he run?

• 300
• 3,000
• 30
• 1,000

4,250 cm is equal to how many meters?

• 425,000 m.

• 42,500 m.

• 425 m.

• 42.5 m.