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WorksheetsMetric Length
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Convert 300 cm to m:
a)
3 m
b)
30 m
c)
0.3 m
d)
0.03 m
2.
What is the abbreviation for milli?
a)
c
b)
d
c)
h
d)
m
3.
Which of the following is not a base unit?
a)
milli
b)
meter
c)
liter
d)
gram
4.
Which memory aid would work for remembering the metric prefixes?
a)
King Henry Likes Drinking Chocolate Milk
b)
King Henry Doesn't Usually Eat Chocolate Milk
c)
King Henry Drinks Chocolate Milk On Mondays
d)
King Henry Doesn't Usually Drink Chocolate Milk
5.
Which of the following metric prefixes is the smallest?
a)
hecto
b)
deci
c)
centi
d)
kilo
6.
Which of the following metric prefixes is the largest?
a)
centi
b)
hecto
c)
deka
d)
deci
7.
Which choice best represents the height of a flag pole?
a)
9 kilometers
b)
9 millimeters
c)
9 centimeters
d)
9 meters
8.
Which choice best represents the length of a loaf of bread?
a)
31 kilometers
b)
31 millimeters
c)
31 centimeters
d)
31 meters
9.
Which choice best represents the height of an apple?
a)
100 kilometers
b)
100 millimeters
c)
100 centimeters
d)
100 meters
10.
Which choice best represents the depth of a swimming pool?
a)
3 kilometers
b)
3 millimeters
c)
3 centimeters
d)
3 meters
11.
Which choice best represents the height an airplane flies?
a)
10 kilometers
b)
10 millimeters
c)
10 centimeters
d)
10 meters
12.
Which choice best represents the length of a toothbrush?
a)
18 kilometers
b)
18 millimeters
c)
18 centimeters
d)
18 meters
13.
What is the best measurement for the length of the Aberjona river?
a)
15 kilometers
b)
15 millimeters
c)
15 centimeters
d)
15 meters
14.
What is the best measurement for the length of a sheet of paper?
a)
25 kilometers
b)
25 millimeters
c)
25 centimeters
d)
25 meters
15.
What is the best measurement for the length of a screw?
a)
30 kilometers
b)
30 millimeters
c)
30 centimeters
d)
30 meters
16.
Which choice best represents the height of a dog?
a)
0.61 kilometers
b)
0.61 millimeters
c)
0.61 centimeters
d)
0.61 meters
17.
How many steps do you move the decimal from m to mm?
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
18.
m to mm what direction do you move the decimal?
a)
Right
b)
Left
19.
If you are converting from cm to m, how many places and in what direction do you have to move the decimal?
a)
3 right
b)
3 left
c)
2 right
d)
2 left
20.
Which one is not in the metric system?
a)
Kilometer
b)
Yard
c)
Centimeter
d)
Meter
21.
1 cm = ________mm
a)
1
b)
100
c)
10
d)
1000
22.
1 Meter = ______cm
a)
100
b)
10
c)
1
d)
1000
23.
What is the length of the screw in millimeters (mm)
a)
5 mm
b)
51 mm
c)
50 mm
d)
5.1 mm
24.
What is the length of the screw in centimeters
a)
5 cm
b)
51 cm
c)
50 cm
d)
5.1 cm
25.
The length of the nail in millimeters is
a)
37 mm
b)
3.7 mm
c)
35 mm
d)
3.5 mm
26.
The length of the nail in centimeters is
a)
37 cm
b)
3.7 cm
c)
35 cm
d)
3.5 cm
27.
Nora received a measles immunization that measured 3.5 cm long. How many millimeters was the vaccination?
a)
0.35
b)
35
c)
350
d)
0.035
28.
Mr. Miller's drink that he brought for lunch was 750 mL. What would that be if it was measured in liters?
a)
0.750
b)
7.50
c)
.0750
d)
75000
29.
What is length?
a)
the distance from one point to another
b)
the amount of matter in an object
c)
how much space something takes up
30.
What is the basic unit of length in the metric system?
a)
meter
b)
liter
c)
gram
31.
The metric system is based on what number?
a)
1000
b)
100
c)
10
d)
1
32.
How many millimeters are in a centimeter?
a)
1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1000
33.
How many millimeters are in a meter?
a)
1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1000
34.
How many centimeters are in a meter?
a)
1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1000
35.
How many meters are in a hectometer?
a)
1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1000
36.
How many meters are in a kilometer?
a)
1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1000
37.
How many decimeters are in a meter?
a)
1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1000
38.
Which is longer, one kilometer or one mile?
a)
one kilometer
b)
one mile
39.
Which is longer, one meter or one yard?
a)
one meter
b)
one yard
40.
Which prefix has a value of 1000?
a)
kilo
b)
hecto
c)
deka
d)
deci
41.
Which prefix has a value of 100?
a)
kilo
b)
hecto
c)
deka
d)
deci
42.
Which prefix has a value of 10?
a)
hecto
b)
deka
c)
deci
d)
centi
43.
Which prefix has a value of .1
a)
deka
b)
deci
c)
centi
d)
milli
44.
Which prefix has a value of .01?
a)
deci
b)
centi
c)
milli
d)
deka
45.
Which prefix has a value of .001?
a)
milli
b)
centi
c)
deka
d)
deci
46.
Which is longer, one millimeter or one centimeter?
a)
one millimeter
b)
one centimeter
47.
What is the abbreviation for kilo?
a)
k
b)
h
c)
da
d)
d
48.
What is the abbreviation for hecto?
a)
k
b)
h
c)
da
d)
c
49.
Convert 17 m to cm:
a)
0.17 cm
b)
0.017 cm
c)
1,700 cm
d)
170 cm
50.
Convert 8 kilometers to meters
a)
800 m
b)
80,000 m
c)
8,000 m
d)
.008 m
51.
Convert 5 cm to mm:
a)
5,000mm
b)
0.5 mm
c)
0.05 mm
d)
50 mm
52.
How many millimeters are in 1,064 cm?
a)
10,640
b)
106.4
c)
10.64
d)
106,400
53.
Convert 0.25 m to mm
a)
25
b)
2.5
c)
250
d)
0.025
54.
Convert 30 cm to m.
a)
300
b)
3
c)
0.03
d)
0.3 m
55.
convert 650 m to km
a)
6.5
b)
0.65
c)
65
d)
0.065
56.
How many meters are in 4 kilometers?
a)
400
b)
4,000
c)
40,000
d)
4
57.
If a swimmer swam 500 meters in a race, how many kilometers did they swim?
a)
1 km
b)
100 km
c)
1/2 km
d)
1/3 km
58.
If a pencil was 7 centimeters long, how many millimeters long would it be?
a)
70
b)
700
c)
7,000
d)
70,000
59.
Convert into 3.46 mm to meters.
a)
3.46 meters
b)
0.346 meters
c)
0.0346 meters
d)
0.00346 meters
60.
What is the abbreviation for deka?
a)
d
b)
da
c)
k
d)
h
61.
What is the abbreviation for deci?
a)
d
b)
da
c)
c
d)
m
62.
What is the abbreviation for centi?
a)
m
b)
da
c)
k
d)
c
63.
Convert:
43 hm = _____ dam
43 hm = _____ dam
a)
4.3
b)
.43
c)
430
d)
4,300
64.
Convert:
76.5 dm = _____ mm
76.5 dm = _____ mm
a)
765
b)
.765
c)
7.65
d)
7,650
65.
Convert:
4 cm = _____ hm
4 cm = _____ hm
a)
400,000
b)
40,000
c)
.00004
d)
.0004
66.
Convert:
23.2 mm = _____ dam
23.2 mm = _____ dam
a)
.00232
b)
.0232
c)
232,000
d)
23,200
67.
Convert:
9 mm = _____ km
9 mm = _____ km
a)
.000009
b)
.00009
c)
9,000,000
d)
900,000
68.
Convert:
2 cm = _____ dm
2 cm = _____ dm
a)
20
b)
.002
c)
200
d)
.2
69.
Convert:
57 km = _____ dm
57 km = _____ dm
a)
570,000
b)
57,000
c)
.0057
d)
.057
70.
Convert:
8 cm = _____ dam
8 cm = _____ dam
a)
.08
b)
800
c)
80
d)
.008
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