Converting Metric Units Practice (m, dm, cm, mm) 1

40 decimeters = _____ meters

• 4 meters

• 400 meters

• 4,000 meters

• less than 1 meter

36 meters = _____ centimeters (enter a NUMBER ONLY for the answer)

500 centimeters = ____ meters (enter a NUMBER ONLY for the answer)

Donovan Bailey and Maurice Greene tie for the world record for the fastest 50 meter sprint. How many centimeters is this?

• 500 centimeters

• 5,000 centimeters

• 50,000 centimeters

• 500,000 centimeters

Convert 6 m to cm

• 60 cm

• 600 cm

• 6000 cm

• 0.6 cm

Convert 210 mm to cm

• 2.1 cm

• 21 cm

• 210 cm

• 2100 cm

Convert 0.84 m to cm

• 0.084 cm

• 0.0084 cm

• 8.4 cm

• 84 cm

Convert 54,000 mm to km

• 0.054 km

• 0.54 km

• 5.4 km

• 54 km

Convert 0.067 km to mm

• 67 mm

• 670 mm

• 6700 mm

• 67000 mm

When you are converting from a larger unit of measurement to a smaller unit of measurement you...

• Divide

• Add

• Mutliply

• Subtract