Metric System

Metric System

100

What is the basic unit for distance?

meter

200

What is the basic unit for mass?

grams

300

What is the basic unit for volume

?

Liter

400

What number is the metric system based on?

10

500

Put the metric prefixes in order from smallest to largest.

Milli-

centi-

deci-

base unit

deca-

hecto-

kilo-

Metric System Prefixes

100

Which prefix means '1000?'

kilo-

200

Which prefix means 1/100 or 0.01

Centi-

300

Which prefix means 10?

deca or deka

400

Which prefix means tenths? (1/10 or 0.1)

deci

500

Which prefix means 10?

deca- or deka-

Compare

100

What metric unit is about the size of the width of your pinky finger?

Centimeter

200

What is the best unit of measurement to measure this room?

Meter

300

Thailand to Somalia is best measured in ...

kilometer

400

Does one paper clip weigh about 1 gram or about 1 decigram?

1 gram

500

Best measurement for filling a car's gas tank? Please use metric only.

liter

Biggest Unit

100

Which is larger? 

0.245 kilograms or 245 grams

they are the same

200

1.5cm or 10.5 mm

1.5cm

300

140 km or 150,000 m 

150,000 m

400

1.765kg or  1765.5 g

1765.5 grams

500

8118 cm or 811.8 m

811.8 meters

Conversions

100

5.3 kilograms = _______ grams

5300

200

1.25 centimeters = _______ millimeters

12.5

300

15 meters = _______kilometers

.015

400

16.27 centimeters = __________meters

.1627 meters

500

54.3 millimeters = __________kilometers

.0000543