Abbreviations
mm
What is a millimeter?
The number of mm in 1 cm
What is 10?
Move the decimal to the right
If you are converting from big to small, in what direction will you ALWAYS move the decimal?
The distance from the floor to a doorknob
What is the average distance of 1 meter (m)?
Nanometer
What is 1 billionth of a meter?
cm
What is a centimeter?
The number of cm in 1 m
To the left.
If you are converting from small to big, in what direction will you ALWAYS move the decimal?
The meter.
What is the basic unit of length in the metric system?
Gigameter
What is 1,000,000,000 meters?
m
What is a meter?
The number of mm in 1 m
What is 1000?
Deciding how many times to move the decimal.
What is counting the number of steps or zeroes between your starting unit and your ending unit on the metric prefix line?
1/1000
What does the metric prefix 'milli' mean?
Microgram
What is 1-millionth of a gram?
mg, g, Kg
What are the measurements of mass in the metric system from milligrams to kilograms?
The number of g in 1 kg
What is 1000?
65,000 m
What is 65 kilometers in meters?
Mass, not weight.
What do we measure in kilograms?
What we get dividing one decimeter by one centimeter
What is 10 centimeters?
daL
What is a dekaliter?
The number of L in 1 hectoliter
What is 100?
9.876 kg
What is 9,876 grams in kilograms?
Newtons
What is the measurement of weight in the metric system? (Newtons measure the force of gravity on an object)
What I get multiplying 2 kg by 1 mg.
What is 2,000,000 grams?