Metric Conversion

Length

100

2 km =____m

2,000 m

200

6 m = ______ cm

600 cm

300

2,500 m =_______km

2 km 500 m

400

1,500 m = ____km

1 km 500 m

500

56 km 8 m

56,008 m

Capacity

100

4L 500 mL = ______mL

4,500 mL

200

6L 400 mL = _______ mL

6,400 mL

300

6 L 78 mL

6,078 mL

400

17,000 mL = _______ L

17 L

500

1,000,000 mL = ______L

1,000 L

Mass

100

6 kg = ______g

6,000g

200

9,000 g = ______kg

9 kg

300

86 kg = _____ g 

86,000 g 

400

78,000 g = _____ kg

78 kg

500

43 kg 293 g = _______ g

43,293 g 

Choose the Unit

100

What metric unit would you use to measure the weight of flour when baking a cake?

grams

200

The metric unit used to measure the length of the room.

meter

300

The metric unit of measure used to measure the length of your pencil.

centimeter

400

The metric unit used to measure the weight of a dog.

kilogram

500

What metric unit is used to measure the distance from FRCS to Boston?

kilometer

Word Problems

100

Last weekend, Will ran in a 5-km race. How many meters did he run?

5,000 m

200

A chair weighs 2 kg. How many grams is this?

2,000 g

300

The distance from Billy’s house to Jamie’s house is 7 km. The distance from Jake’s house to Jamie’s house is 6,500 meters. Who lives closer to Jamie’s house?

Jake

400

Morgan had a 1-liter container of water. She drank half of the water in the container. How many milliliters of water does Morgan have left?

500 mL

500

Corey is training to run a 10km race. How many meters is he training to run?

10,000 meters