Metric Conversions Jeopardy

Length (M)

100

6.2 km = ____ m

6,200 m

200

2.75 km = how many meters?

2,750 meters

300

500,000 m equals how many km?

500 km

400

5.8km = _______ m?

5,800 m

500

Jordan is building a bike. The wheels that he planned to use are 3 centimeters wide. Jordan discovers that the wheels need to be 6 millimeters smaller to fit on the bike. What size wheel does Jordan need?

24 mm

Mass (G)

100

8.06 g = ___cg

806

200

3800g = _______ kg?

3.8kg

300

19.2kg = ________ g?

19,200g

400

How many kg are in 8,500 mg? 

85 kg

500

Lois wants to send a box of oranges to a friend by mail. The box of oranges cannot exceed a mass of 10 kg. If each orange has a mass of 200g, what is the maximum number she can send?

50 oranges 

Capacity (L)

100

1.7 mL = ___ cL

.17

200

20 L = _______ mL.

20,000 mL

300

980 mL = ________ L?

0.98 L

400

6.38 L = ______ mL

6380mL

500

Each plant needs 54 ml of water each week. If I have 6 plants, how many liters of water do I need each week?

.336 L

or

0.336 L 

Word Problems

100

Chelsea is measuring two strings. The first string is 30 cm long. The second string is 800 mm long. How long are the two line segments together?

1,100 mm long or 110 cm long

200

Kyler rode 7.2 kilometers on his bike. Tyson rode 7,000 meters on her bike. Who rode the farthest and how much farther did they ride?

Kyler by .2 Kilometers or 200 meters 

300

Mrs. Garcia needs to cut a 5-meter piece of yarn into 50-centimeter-long pieces. How many pieces will she have when she is done? 

10 pieces

400

Kanyah makes each pitcher of fruit punch with 50 grams of sugar. How many pitchers of fruit punch can Kanyah make if she has 5 kilograms of sugar?

100

500

Samille has 16 blueberries that she plans to use to make smoothies. Each smoothie uses 4 blueberries and 150 grams of yogurt. If she wants to use all 16 of her blueberries, how much yogurt will she need to use?  

600 grams 

Metric RANDOM

100

Are these the same number? Do they have the same value?

 0.98000

.98

YES

200

When my decimal moves to the left. Does my number get bigger or smaller?

smaller

300

When my decimal moves to my right, does my number get bigger or smaller? 

bigger

400

When converting from Kilograms to grams, does the number get bigger or smaller? By how much?

Bigger by 100 (x 100 OR 10 to the 3rd power)

500

When converting from MM to M, how much bigger or smaller does my number get?

Smaller by 100

Dividing by 100 or 10 to the 3rd power or x 1/100