Measure that object!
Measure with what unit?
Conversion Corner
Metric Mania
Abbreviation
Madness
100
The thickness of a dime is about one ________.
a millimeter
100
To measure the length of your pencil. You would choose _______.
centimeters
100
If an item is 3oo centimeters, then it is _____meters.
3 meters
100
How long, wide, high something is measures what?
distance/length
100
abbreviation - meter
m
200
The lab table is about one ______ high.
a meter
200
To measure the thickness of a piece of thread. You would choose______.
millimeters
200
6000 liters= _____ kiloliters
6 kiloliters
200
How long something is in minutes measures what?
time
200
abbreviation - centimeter
cm
300

An cm cube is about one _______ in volume.

1 milliliter

300
Using the metric system, how would you measure the distance from your house to the school?
Kilometers
300
How many decis are in 1 meter, liter, or gram?
10 decis
300
How hot or cold something is measures what?
temperature
300
abbreviation - kilometer
km
400

Your book is about one _____ in mass.

kilogram

400
Soda bottles use what unit of measurement?
Liters
400
2,500 mL = _________ liters
2.5 liters
400
How much "stuff" is in an object measures what?
mass
400
Abbreviation - milliliter
mL
500
A large paper clip is about one _______ in mass.
gram
500
What unit would you use to measure the mass of a car?
kilograms
500
400 hectograms = _________ what part of a kilogram?
0.4 kilograms
500
The amount of space/capacity something takes up measures what?
volume
500
Abbreviation- deca
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