Metric Step Ladder
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Mass/Volume
Word Problems
Measurements
100
Kilo will always equal how many units?
1000.
100
What does cm stand for?
Centimeter
100
What is mass?
The amount of matter in an object.
100
What is the density of a piece of wood that has a mass of 50.0 grams and volume of 25 cubic centimeters?
2 g/cm3
100
4 cm=_____mm
40 mm
200
In order to convert from "Kilo" to "Hecto" how many places do you move the decimal point and in what direction?
One place to the right.
200
What does dag stand for?
Dekagram.
200
What are three ways we find volume?
1. Volume equals mass divided density. 2. Volume=length x width x height 3. Water Displacement
200
A book has a density of 5 g/cm3 and a volume of 30 cm3. What is the mass?
150 grams.
200
35 hg=_____dc
35000 dc
300
What is the numerical value of "Deci"?
.1
300
What is the difference between dm and dam?
dm is decimeter, dam is dekameter
300
What are the two ways we write the units for density?
g/cm3 g/mL
300
How large is a triple beam balance that has a mass of 100 grams and a density of 2 g/mL.
50 mL.
300
95000 mm=_______dam
9.5 dam
400
In order to convert from "Milli" to "Deka" how many places do you move the decimal point and in what direction?
Four places to the left
400
Liquid volume is always measured in what?
Milliliters (mL) or Liters (L)
400
Which is more dense, a block of plastic or a block of steel?
Steel.
400
The mass of a pen is 6 grams, the density is 3 g/mL, what is the volume?
2 mL.
400
450 dl=_____kL
.045 kL
500
The basic unit has a numerical value of ___________ and includes the units ________________
1 and includes the units meter, gram and liter.
500
What would you use to measure a very LARGE unit of length, mass, and volume? (You should have three different responses)
Kilometer, kilogram, and kiloliter.
500
A graduated cylinder is filled to 50 mL. A rock is put inside the graduated cylinder and the water rises to 75 mL. What is the volume of the rock?
25 mL
500
A block of wood has the measurements of 5 cm by 2 cm by 1 cm. If the block of wood has a mass of 40 grams, what is the density?
4 g/cm3
500
70m=______hm
.7 hm
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