Identifying Units of Length Metric

Convert 12 km to m

• 120 m

• 1,200 m

• 12,000 m

• 120,000 m

Ivan ran 3 kilometers last week. How many meters did he run?

• 300

• 3,000

• 30

• 1,000

Cheryl is moving to a new house.  Her old house is 6 kilometers from her new house.  How many meters is the old house from the new house?

• 6 meters

• 60 meters

• 600 meters

• 6,000 meters

30 cm____ 30 mm

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Liz and Alana each participated in the high jump at the track meet. Liz’s high jump was 1 meter. Alana’s high jump was 132 centimeters. Who jumped higher?

• Liz

• Alana

In the metric system, which base word measures length?

• Liter

• Gram

• Meter

• Feet

Mark all units that are larger than a centimeter.

• Kilometer

• Meter

• Millimeter

• Decimeter

Mark the answer that names the longest length.

• 10 m

• 100 cm

• 200 mm

Mark the answer that names the longest length.

• 1 m.

• 200 cm.

• 300 mm.

5,000 meters is equal to how many kilometers?

• 500 km

• 50 km

• 5 km

• 0.5 km