Metric Mayhem
What are the basic metric units for length, mass, and capacity?
Metre (m), gram (g), litre (L)
1 L = how many mL?
1,000 mL
Convert 6 cm to mm.
60 mm
A pencil is 15 cm long. How many mm is that?
150 mm
How many millimetres are in a centimetre? How many centimetres are in a metre?
10 mm in 1 cm; 100 cm in 1 m
500 mL = how many L?
0.5 L
Convert 4.5 m to cm.
450 cm
A water bottle holds 750 mL. How much more to fill a 1 L bottle?
250 mL
Which is longer: 0.5 m or 45 cm?
0.5 m (it’s 50 cm)
A jug holds 2.5 L. How many mL is that?
2,500 mL
Convert 300 mm to m.
0.3 m
A rectangular prism is 10 cm × 5 cm × 2 cm. What’s its volume?
100 cm³ or 100 mL
A ribbon is 3.75 m long. How many millimetres long is it?
3,750 mm
A container holds 3.6 L. If you pour out 1,200 mL, how much is left?
2.4 L
Convert 2.75 km to m, then to cm.
2,750 m → 275,000 cm
A tank holds 8.4 L of water. You pour it into smaller 600 mL bottles. How many full bottles can you fill?
14 bottles
Arrange these from smallest to largest: 250 mm, 0.3 m, 20 cm, 0.15 m
150 mm, 200 mm, 250 mm, 300 mm
A swimming pool holds 25 kL of water. How many litres and cubic metres is that?
25,000 L and 25 m³
A road is 3.45 km long. How many mm is that?
3,450,000 mm
A box is 25 cm × 15 cm × 10 cm. Find its volume in cm³, then convert to L.
3,750 cm³ = 3.75 L