Compare and Convert Metric Units of Length

This lesson covers the metric and customary measurement systems, focusing on metric units like kilometers, meters, centimeters, and millimeters. It explains the meaning of prefixes like 'milli', 'centi', and 'kilo', and provides examples of converting between these units. The video includes practical problems, such as converting meters to centimeters and meters to kilometers, demonstrating different methods to achieve the same result.

Which system of measurement is primarily used in the United States?

• International system

• Customary system

• Metric system

• Imperial system

What does the prefix 'milli' signify in the metric system?

• 1,000th

• 1,000

• 100

• 100th

How many centimeters are there in one meter?

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

• 1

If a frog jumps 2 meters, how many centimeters has it jumped?

• 20,000 centimeters

• 2,000 centimeters

• 20 centimeters

• 200 centimeters

What is the conversion factor from meters to kilometers?

• 100

• 10

• 100,000

• 1,000

A hot air balloon is 5,000 meters above the ground. How many kilometers is this?

• 500 kilometers

• 50 kilometers

• 5 kilometers

• 0.5 kilometers

Which prefix indicates a unit that is 1,000 times larger than the base unit?

• Milli

• Centi

• Kilo

• Deci