Metric Conversions

1 m= ____cm

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

• 12

4 m= ____cm

• 40

• 400

• 4,000

10 m = _____ mm

• 10,000 mm

• 100 mm

• 1 mm

• 1,000 mm

987 mm = _____ cm

• 98.7 cm

• 9,870 cm

• 9.87 cm

• 0.987 cm

How many millimeters (mm) are in 50 centimeters (cm)?  Convert 50 cm to mm.

• 5 mm

• 50 mm

• 500 mm

• 0.5 mm

Convert 8 kilometers to meters

• 800 m

• 80,000 m

• 8,000 m

• .008 m

When we convert from smaller units to larger units, we move the decimal to the _________.

• Right

• Left

7 decimeters equals how many millimeters?

• .007

• 70

• 7

• 700

A table shows a pattern for two units of metric measurement.

Which are the best labels for each column?

• centimeters, meters

• millimeters, meters

• millimeters, centimeters

• grams, kilograms

When I move from a larger unit to a smaller unit I must ​ (a)   but when I move from a smaller unit to a larger unit I will​ (b)   ​

• multiply,

• divide

• subtract

• add