Distance Conversions
How many millimetres are in 1 centimetre?
10
How many grams are in 1 kilogram?
1,000
How many millilitres are in 1 litre?
1,000
What does the prefix "kilo" mean?
1,000 times bigger
What unit would you use to measure the weight of a car?
Kilograms (kg)
Convert 32.7 m to mm.
32,700 mm
Convert 70 g to kg.
0.07 kg
Convert 54 L to mL.
54,000 mL
What does the prefix "milli" mean?
1,000 times smaller (0.001 units)
What unit would you use to measure the growth of a child?
Centimetres (cm)
Convert 871 cm to m.
8.71 m
Convert 56,420 g to kg.
56.42 kg
Convert 6,855 mL to L.
6.855 L
Which is bigger — a nanometre or a micrometre?
A micrometre (nano is smaller)
True or False: 15 mL is larger than 28 metres.
False - they measure different things (volume vs. length), so they can't be compared
Convert 67,483 m to km.
67.483 km
Convert 0.003 g to mg.
3 mg
Convert 57.202 L to mL.
57,202 mL
Convert 12 Tb (terabytes) to Mb (megabytes).
12,000,000 Mb
Give a real-world reference example for a millimetre.
The thickness of a five-cent coin
Convert 1,025 cm to km.
0.01025 km
Convert 0.67 kg to mg.
670,000 mg
Convert 0.7 ML (megalitres) to L.
700,000 L
Convert 68,156 ng (nanograms) to kg.
0.000000068156 kg (6.8156 x 10^-8 kg)
What unit and abbreviation would you best use to measure a flight from Victoria to Queensland, and why?
Kilometres (km) - it's a long distance between two locations