Abbreviations
What does mm stand for?
millimeter
How many mm are in 1 cm?
10 mm
If you are converting from big to small, in what direction will you ALWAYS move the decimal? Example 0.9 cm = mm
To the right
What is the average distance of 1 meter (m). The distance of the floor to a doorknob or the distance from the floor to the ceiling?
Floor to a doorknob
65 km = ___ m
65,000 m
What does cm stand for?
centimeter
How many cm are in 1 m?
100 cm
If you are converting from small to big, in what direction will you ALWAYS move the decimal? Example 4,500 m = km
To the left
What base unit do you use to measure length?
Meter
0.5 g = ___ cg (centigrams)
50 cg
What does m stand for?
meter
How many mm are in 1 m?
1000 mm
After you figure out which direction you will move the decimal, how do you figure out how many time to move the decimal? example: 470 mm = cm
How many hops you move on the unit line
What base unit do you use to measure mass?
Grams
230 cm = ___ m
2.3 m
What does km stand for?
kilometer
How many g are in 1 kilogram?
1000 g
What's the biggest prefix on our unit scale?
Kilo-
What base unit do you use to measure capacity (volume)?
Liter
0.0354 hL (hectoliters) = ___ dL (deciliters)
35.4 dL
Put in order from smallest to biggest: Kilogram, milligram, gram
milligram, gram, kilogram
How many mL are in 1 kL?
1,000,000 mL
What's the smallest prefix on our unit scale?
Milli-
Mass is the the amount of matter that an object holds. T or F?
True
468.31 mg = ___ dag (decagrams)
0.046831 dag