Metrics & Measurement Review

Basic Metric Units

Basic Unit for Length = Meter (m)

Basic Unit for Volume = Liter (l)

Basic Unit for Mass = Gram (g)

Metric Prefixes

Kilo-

Hecto-

Deka-

deci-

centi-

milli-

Metric Prefixes

Kilo-

Hecto-

Deka-

deci-

centi-

milli-

Kilometer Kiloliter Kilogram

Hectometer Hectoliter Hectogram

Dekameter Dekaliter Dekagram

decimeter deciliter decigramcentimeter centiliter centigram

millimeter milliliter milligram

-meter -liter -gram

Metric Prefixes

Kilo-

Hecto-

Deka-

deci-

centi-

milli-

1000 x the base unit

100 x the base unit

10 x the base unit

1/10 of the base unit

1/100 of the base unit1/1000 of the base unit

Remembering the Metric Prefixes

Kilo-

Hecto-

Deka-

deci-

centi-

milli-

King

Henry

DiedBy

Drinking

ChocolateMilk

Converting Between Metric Units

123 cm = __?__ DmTo convert centimeters to Dekameters

Need to move 3 spaces to the leftOne decimal place left makes it 12.3Two decimal places left makes it 1.23

And three decimal places left makes it .123So, 123 cm = .123 Dm

K H D By d c m

Converting Between Metric Units

.456 Kl = __?__ DlTo convert Kiloliters to Dekaliters

Need to move 2 spaces to the rightOne decimal place right makes it 4.56

And two decimal places right makes it 45.6So, .456 Kl = 45.6 Dl

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Converting Between Metric Units

.789 Kg = __?__ mgTo convert from Kilograms to milligrams

Need to move 6 spaces to the rightAfter moving 3 decimal places right you get 789

but are out of numbersSo, you have to add three more zeroes to move

the last three decimal places rightSo, .789 Kg = 789,000 mg

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Converting Between Metric Units

24.6 cm = __?__ HmTo convert from centimeters to Hectometers

Need to move 4 spaces to the leftAfter moving 2 decimal places left you get .246 but

are out of numbersSo, you have to add two more zeroes to move the

last two decimal places leftSo, 24.6 cm = .00246 Hm

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Remember . . .

A meter is . . .

about the height of a tennis net.

A centimeter is . . .

about the width of a paperclip.

A kilometer is . . .

about 5 city blocks.

Remember . . .

A mililiter is about. . .

a medicine dropper full.

A liter is . . .

about a bottle of pop.

Kiloliters would be . . .

how you would measure the water in a pool.

And Remember . . .

A milligram is . . .

about the mass of a grain of salt.

A gram is . . .

about the mass of a paperclip.

A kilogram is . . .

about the mass of a baseball.

Good Luck !!!!