Metric Conversion Length

72 cm

• 720 mm

• 7,200 mm

• 70 mm

• 7,000 km

What is the length of the object in millimeters (mm)?

• 27 mm

• 7.2 mm

• 2.7 mm

• 3 mm

Is the length of this pinecone closer to 5 cm or 5 dm?

• 5 cm

• 5 dm

Samuel has 3 objects of different lengths. One is 1 m. Another is 1 cm. The third one is 1 dm. Order the objects from longest to shortest.

• 1 cm, 1 dm, 1 m

• 1 dm, 1 m, 1 cm

• 1 m, 1 dm, 1 cm

• 1 m, 1 cm, 1 dm

4 cm = ___mm

• 400

• 40

• 4

• 4,000

600 cm =   ___ m 

• 6 m 

• 6,000 m

• 60,000 m

5 cm = _____________ mm

• 10

• 50

• 500

• 5,000

10 m = _______cm

• 100 cm

• 1,000 cm

• 1 m

• 10 m

3 meters = _____________ centimeters

• 3 centimeters

• 30 centimeters

• 300 centimeters

• 3,000 centimeters

Choose the most appropriate unit of measure for the length of a shoe.

• mm

• cm

• m

• km