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What is the basic unit for distance?
meter
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Smallest unit
milli
100
What metric unit is about the size of the width of your pinky finger?
Centimeter
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Unit of measure to find the length of my pencil 

Inches

100
5.3 kilograms = _______ grams
5300
200

What is the basic unit for weight?

grams

200
Largest unit
Kilo
200
A little longer than a yard is a
Meter
200

Largest unit of weight / mass

Ton

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1.25 centimeters = _______ millimeters
12.5
300
What is the basic unit for liquid?
Liter
300

hundreds

hecto

300

Measurement unit to find the distance from my house to Nysmith

kilometer

300

Measurement unit to find the distance from Nysmith to my house

Miles

300

15 meters = _______centimeters

1500 cm

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What number is the metric system based on?
10
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tenths
deci
400

The weight of a paperclip

one gram

400

The number of inches in a yard

36 inches

400
16.27 decameters = __________decimeters
1627
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What system is the metric system based on?
Our decimal system
500

hundredths

centi

500

The number of centimeters in a kilometer

100,000 centimeters

500

Number of cups in a gallon

16 cups

500
54.3 millimeters = __________kilometers
.0000543
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