Unit 8 Vocabulary Practice

1. A system of weights and measures based on the meter and and on kilograms

• Customary System
• Metric System

2. A standard unit to express the size or amount of something

• length
• weight
• measure
• capacity

3. How heavy something is (pounds, ounces; gram, kilogram)

• length
• weight
• capacity
• Customary System

4. The United States measurement system

• Metric System
• Customary System

5. The measurement of something from end to end (inches, feet, yards; centimeters, meters)

• weight
• capacity
• Metric System
• length

6. How much something can hold (milliliters, liter, kiloliter)

• weight
• capacity
• Metric System
• length

7. Finding common objects that can be easily associated with regular measurements.

• Metric System
• Customary System
• Benchmark Measurements
• Convert Measurements

8. Change measurements from one unit to another within the same system

• Metric System
• Customary System
• Benchmark Measurements
• Convert Measurements

9. Convert pound to ounces

• Multiply by 16
• Multiply by 12
• Multiply by 3
• Multiply by 10

10. Convert hours to minutes

• Multiply by 16
• Multiply by 12
• Multiply by 3
• Multiply by 60