Metric Quiz

What might be the best estimate of the length of a baseball bat?

• 1 km

• 1 cm

• 1 m

• 1 mm

(1000mL = 1L) How many milliliters are equivalent to 3.4 liters?

• 3.4 L

• 340 mL

• 34 mL

• 3,400 mL

There are 5,500 milliliters in a bottle of laundry detergent. How many liters is this? (1L = 1,000mL)

• 5000L

• 5L

• 5.5L

• 0.5L

5 Kilograms = ___ grams (1,000g = 1kg)

• 5000g

• 500g

• 5g

• 0.5g

Place the metric system prefixes in the correct location on the chart.

c

d

e

f

b

a

centi

deci

kilo

deca

hecto

milli

Match the picture with the measurement.

• 1 meter (m)

• 1 milliliter (ml)

• 1 gram (g)

• 3 millimeters (mm)

• 1 kilogram (kg)

The measurement system based on the meter, liter and grams as units of length, capacity and weight or mass.

• Customary System

• Metric System

• Krieger System

• Cass System

Which unit is the smallest?  

• km

• mm

• m

• cm 

Grams are part of the ________________ system.

• Customary

• Metric

In the metric system, the basic unit of length is a meter. It's made of 100 centimeters. That means a centimeter is 1/100 of a meter. The word rood "centi" must mean

• one-hundred

• one-hundredth

• one-tenth

• one-thousandth