Metric Conversions

Convert 5 meters to centimeters.

• 50,000 centimeters

• 5 centimeters

• 50 centimeters

• 500 centimeters

Convert 500 grams to kilograms.

• 0.5

• 50

• 5

• 0.05

Convert 2 liters to milliliters.

• 2000

• 200

• 20

• 20000

Convert 2 hours to minutes.

• 60

• 240

• 180

• 120

Convert 10 centimeters to meters.

• 0.01

• 100

• 0.1

• 1

Convert 3 kilograms to grams.

• 30 grams

• 300 grams

• 3000 grams

• 30000 grams

Convert 500 milliliters to liters.

• 0.5

• 50

• 5

• 0.05

Convert 120 minutes to hours.

• 2

• 1.5

• 3

• 4

What do each of these prefixes mean?

• 1 / 1000 th

• centi-

• x 1000

• deci -

• 1 / 100 th

• kilo-

• 1 /10 th

• milli-

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Describe the meaning of metric prefixes.

Reorder the following from the smallest measurement to the largest measurement.

• 5.8 mm

• 0.58 m

• 580 cm

• 0.58 mm

• 58 m

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Convert measurements within the metric system.