Metric System Ladder Method

3 cm = ? mm

• 30

• 300

• 3000

• 0.3

32 km = ? m

• 320 

• 3,200

• 0.032

• 32,000

5000 m = ? km

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

40 mL =  ? cL

• 400

• 4000

• 4

• 0.4

Convert 8 kilometers to meters

• 800 m

• 80,000 m

• 8,000 m

• .008 m

10 centimeters =

• 10 decimeters

• 1 decimeter

• 100 decimeters

• 1 meter

Which of these units is the largest?

• Centimeter

• Millimeter

• Decameter

• Hectometer

1 m = __________ cm

• 100

• 1,000

• 20

• 50

What base unit measures volume (capacity)?

• gram

• meter

• liter

How many centimeters are in 1 meter?

• 100

• 10

• 1000

• 10000