Conversions 1
How many centimeters in a meter?
100 centimeters in a meter
Order the following from smallest unit to biggest unit:
kilometer, meter, millimeter, decimeter, centimeter
millimeter, centimeter, decimeter, meter, kilometer
How many decimeters in 1 meter?
10 decimeters in 1 meter
How many meters in a kilometer?
1000 meters in a kilometer
Write 10 as a product of tens.
10 x 1
How many millimeters in a meter?
Convert 300 centimeters to meters
BSM SBD
Big to Small Multiply
Small to Big Divide
centimeters to meters is small to big
Divide . There are 100 centimeters in a meter.
300 divided by 100
Slide right by 2
3 meters
Mr. Ashwin's Gucci watch is 12 centimeters long. Express the length in meters. Use an equation with an exponent.
Small to big. This means divide.
100 centimeters in a meter
12 divided by 100
12 divided by 102
Slide right by 2. This is 0.12 of a meter.ten to the seventh power
107
Write 1000 as a product of tens.
10 x 10 x 10
1b. 108 centimeters to meters
BSM SBD
Small to Big = Divide
100 cm = 1 m
108 divided by 100
1.08 meters
A 5th grader's pet alligator is 2.6 meters long. Express this length in centimeters.
2.6 meters to centimeters
Big to Small Multiply
100 centimeters in a meter
2.6 x 100 = 2.6 x 102
Slide left 2. This is 260 centimeters.
Convert using an equation with an exponent:
20 millimeters to meters
millimeters to meters = small to big
divide. 1000 millimeters in a meter
20 divided by 1000 = 20 divided by 103
Slide right 3
0.020 = 0.02 of a meter
9 to the fifth power
95
10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10
1c. 2.49 meters to centimeters
BSM SBD
Big to Small = Multiply
100 cm = 1 m
2.49 x 100
249 centimeters
4. Yi Ting's height is 1.49 m (meters).
Express (write) this measurement in millimeters.
Big to Small = Multiply
1 m = 1000 mm
1.49 x 1000
1490 millimeters
1f. 7 centimeters to meters
BSM SBD
Small to Big = Divide
100 cm = 1 m
7 divided by 100
0.07 meter
Write the following as an exponent:
10 x 10 x 10 x 10
104
10 x 10 x 10 x 10
10000
1d. 50 centimeters to meters
BSM SBD
Small to Big = Divide
100 cm = 1 m
50 divided by 100
0.5 meter
1e. 6.3 meters to centimeters
BSM SBD
Big to Small = Multiply
100 cm = 1 m
6.3 multiplied by 100
630 centimeters
5. A ladybug's length measures 2 cm.
Express (write) this measurement in meters.
BSM SBD
Small to Big = Divide
1m = 100cm
2 divided by 100
0.02 meter
Write the following as an exponent:
10 x 1
101
What is the difference between a product of tens and standard form?
A product of tens is multiplication of tens. Standard form is the solution written as a regular number.