Convert Metric Units from a Larger Unit to a Smaller Unit

Convert from meters to cm:  9 meters

• 900 cm

• 90 cm

• 0.9 cm

• 0.09 cm

Convert 17 m to cm:

• 0.17 cm

• 0.017 cm

• 1,700 cm

• 170 cm

Convert 300 meters to centimeters:

• 3000 cm

• 0.3 cm

• 30,000 cm

• 3 cn

Convert 8 kilometers to meters

• 800 m

• 80,000 m

• 8,000 m

• .008 m

18 dm is equal to ___dam

Imagine Anika and Aiden are on a treasure hunt. They find a chest that weighs 3 tons! Can you help them figure out how many pounds that is?

• 6000 pounds

• 3000 pounds

• 9000 pounds

• 12000 pounds

Answer explanation

To convert tons to pounds, multiply by 2000. Therefore, 3 tons is equal to 3 x 2000 = 6000 pounds. The correct answer is 6000 pounds.

When converting a larger unit to a smaller unit, you 

• divide

• multiply

• add

• subtract

1 kilometer is equal to______________.

• 100 m

• 100 000 cm

• 1000 cm

• 1 mile

32.9 km = ___________ cm

• 32,900

• 329,000

• 3,290,000

• 32,900,000

490,000 g =____ kg

• 490

• 49

• 4,900

• 0.49