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Mastering Metric Measurement!

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which metric measurement would we use to measure this skateboard?

a)

millimeters

b)

centimeters

c)

meters

d)

kilometers

2.

Which metric measurement would we use to measure the following animal?

a)

miligrams

b)

grams

c)

kilograms

d)

femtograms

3.

What would be the best way to measure the following sports stadium in metric measurement?

a)

mass

b)

volume

c)

length & distance

d)

density

4.

Which would be the best way to measure the volume of this object?

a)

cubic centimeters (l x w x h)

b)

milliliters (put it in a container)

c)

cubic inches (l x w x h)

d)

ounces (put it in a tub of water for displacement)

5.

What would be the best choice to measure the following?

a)

millimeters squared

b)

centimeters squared

c)

kilometers squared

d)

light years squared

6.

What metric measurement would I use if wanted to find out the capacity of 2 large refrigerators?

a)

milliliters

b)

liters

c)

deciliters

d)

kiloliters

7.

How would we measure a grain of sand?

a)

teragram

b)

milligram

c)

kilogram

d)

gram

8.

Which one of these measurement statements is true?

a)

A school bus has a mass of 10 milligrams.

b)

An airplane is 1 meter long.

c)

A kilometer is the length of 10 football fields.

d)

A coffee cup can hold 1 liter of coffee.

9.

Which measurement would be the best choice for this object?

a)

picoliter

b)

milliliter

c)

liter

d)

kiloliter

10.

Which one of these measurements would represent the thickness of a dime?

a)

millimeter

b)

centimeter

c)

meter

d)

kilometer

11.

If you were traveling on this dirt bike which measurement would you use to explain how far you went?

a)

kiloliters

b)

kilograms

c)

kilometers

d)

gigameters

12.

If you were looking through a microscope what measurement would you most likely be using?

a)

deckameter

b)

decimeter

c)

millimeter

d)

nanometer

13.

The distance between the Sun & the Earth is know as an Astronomical Unit. Which measurement is closest to that distance?

a)

93,000,000 Millimeters

b)

93,000,000 Centimeters

c)

149,668,992 Meters

d)

149,668,992 Kilometers

14.

Which item would be measured in milligrams?

a)

water in a bottle.

b)

medicine in a bottle.

c)

a large bottle of soda.

d)

a message in a bottle.

15.

A cubic centimeter is a unit for measuring.......

a)

length

b)

volume

c)

mass

d)

density

16.

How many grams are in a kilogram?

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1,000

d)

10,000

17.

What is the SI (standard international) measurement for distance?

a)

meter

b)

liter

c)

gram

d)

foot

18.

A human fingernail is closest to what measurement?

a)

millimeter

b)

centimeter

c)

meter

d)

kilometer

19.

The speed of light is measured in __________ per second.

a)

micrometers

b)

centimeters

c)

meters

d)

miles

20.

A micrometer is a metric measurement that is compared to the size of a

a)

snowflake

b)

human hair

c)

a bacterium

d)

a flea