Metric Units and Conversions

Kilo- means

• thousand
• million
• hundred
• ten

Hecto- means

• one hundred
• one million
• ten
• one thousand

Deca- means (think of "decade")

• five
• ten
• twelve
• twenty

Which choice contains metric units?

• inches, gallons, pounds
• miles, quarts, ounces
• yards, pints, stones
• meters, liters, grams

Deci- means

• twentieth
• tenth
• fifth
• hundredth

Centi- means

• one tenth
• one millionth
• one thousandth
• one hundredth

Milli- means

• one millionth
• one thousandth
• one tenth
• one hundredth

Which metric unit measures length or distance?

• meter
• liter
• gram

Which metric unit measures capacity or volume (the amount of space inside of an object)?

• liter
• meter
• gram

Which metric unit measures the mass of an object?

• gram

• liter
• meter