The Metric Units of Length

7 meters _____ 7,000 millimeters

• < less than

• > greater than

• = equal to

4 meters = ______ centimeters

8 centimeters = _____ millimeters

8 meters _____ 80 centimeters

• < less than

• > greater than

• = equal to

A flagpole is 4 meters tall. How many centimeters tall is the flagpole?

• 4 centimeters

• 40 centimeters

• 400 centimeters

• 4,000 centimenters

Stephanie runes the 50-meter dash in her track meet. How many decimeters long is the race?

• 5,000 decimeters

• 500 decimeters

• 50 decimeters

• 5 decimeters

43 centimeters is equivalent to...

• 0.43 meters

• 4.3 meters

• 43 meters

How do you feel about metric units of length now?

• Confused.

• It's starting to make sense.

• I understand completely!

10 m = _______cm

• 100 cm

• 1,000 cm

• 1 m

• 10 m

5 km = ________________ m

• 500

• 50

• 5000

• 1