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Metric System & Conversions

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does this measure?
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
distance
d)
weight
2.
What does this measure?
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
distance
d)
weight
3.
What does this measure?
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
distance
d)
weight
4.
What is the amount of space an object takes?
a)
mass
b)
density
c)
volume
d)
weight
5.
Which piece of equipment would be used to measure a football field in metrics?
a)
kilometer
b)
millimeter
c)
liter
d)
meter
6.
_____________ measures volume
a)
meter
b)
liter
c)
gram
d)
celcius
7.
Convert 109 m to ____ mm
a)
10900 mm
b)
1.09 mm
c)
109000 mm
d)
0.0109 mm
8.
The metric abbreviation for millimeter is
a)
cm
b)
mm
c)
dm
d)
m
9.
How much liquid is in this graduated cylinder?
a)
65mL
b)
26 mL
c)
67 mL
d)
23 mL
10.
What temperature in Celsius appears on this thermometer?
a)
10 C⁰
b)
16⁰C
c)
20⁰C
d)
72⁰F
11.
What is the amount of matter in an object?
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
distance
d)
weight
12.
The prefix "deci" means
a)
10
b)
0.1
c)
10-3
d)
10-4
13.
There are ___ meters in 25 kilometers (km)
a)
250 m
b)
2500 m
c)
25000 m
d)
.025 m
14.
There are ___ millimeters(mm) in 2.7 centimeters (cm)
a)
270 mm
b)
.27 mm
c)
27 mm
d)
.027 mm
15.
convert 30 cm to m
a)
300
b)
3
c)
0.03
d)
0.3 m
16.
convert 9 km to mm
a)
900,000
b)
9,000,000
c)
9,000
d)
90,000
17.
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 
18.
15.6 L = ___________ mL
a)
15,600
b)
156,000
c)
1,560,000
d)
15,600,000
19.
0.57 mL = ___________ L
a)
5.7
b)
0.057
c)
0.0057
d)
0.00057
20.

What country started the metric system (SI system)?

a)

United States

b)

England

c)

China

d)

France

21.

The metric system is based upon the power of what number?

a)

12

b)

10

c)

16

d)

8

22.

How many ounces in a quart?

a)

32

b)

8

c)

16

d)

128

23.

70 inches is how many feet?

a)

7

b)

10

c)

6.5

d)

5ft 10

24.

70 cm is how many meters?

a)

7

b)

0.7

c)

70

d)

0.07

25.

Why do "kittens hate dawgs"?

a)

because they smell

b)

because they don't bark

c)

because dogs chase "kats"

d)

because dogs can't meow