Metric Length
How many millimeters is in 100 cm?
What is 1,000 mm
100 cm x 10 = 1,000 mm
90 grams is how many milligrams?
90,000 mg
90g x 1000= 90,000 mg
How many millilitres is in 456 litres?
456,000 millilitres
An alligator is about 20 cm, 10 km, or 3 m?
3 metres
June's pet guinea pig weighs 950 grams. Larry's pet rabbit weighs 2.1 kilograms. How much more does Larry's pet weigh than June's?
Larry's rabbit weighs 1,150 grams (or 1.2 kg) more than June's guinea pig. To find this, convert the weight of Larry's rabbit to grams (2,100 grams) and subtract the weight in grams of June's guinea pig.
Which metric unit would be best to use to measure the length of swimming pool? 18 metres or 250 metres?
250 metres
Which metric unit would be best to measure the mass of a rabbit? 4 kilograms or 40 grams?
4 kilograms
Which metric measurement would be best to use to measure the capacity of a test tube? 100 mL or 1 L?
100 mL
2 kilograms
Arthur's pencil was 14 centimeters long when given to him by his teacher. Arthur just sharpened his pencil and now it is 10 mm smaller. How long is his pencil now?
14 cm x 10= 140 mm
140 mm- 10 mm= 130 mm or 13 cm
130 mm or 13 cm
Fill in the blank. ____________ is the __________ from one point to another.
Length is the distance from one point to another.
Fill in the blank. __________ is the amount of _________ an object has.
Mass is the amount of weight an object has.
Fill in the blank ________ is the ________ a container can hold.
Capacity is the amount a container can hold.
A bottle of glue is about 100 litres, 10 kilolitres or 100 millilitres?
100 millilitres
Brenda has a 7 litre bottle of shampoo that is only half-full. About how many milliliters of shampoo does she have in the bottle?
7 litres x 1000= 7,000 millilitres
7,000 divided by 2 (half full) = 3,500 mL
2,500 metres equals how many kilometres?
25 kilometres
2,500 metres divided by 1,000= 25 kilometres
2 kilograms is how many milligrams?
2,000,000 mg or 2 million milligrams.
11,677,000 millilitres is how many kilolitres?
11.677 kL
A marker is 15 cm, 1 km, or 35 cm?
15 cm
A quarter weighs 6 grams. How much would $2.50 in quarters weigh? Show your work.
60 grams
$2.50 = 10 quarters
10 quarters x 6 grams each = 60 grams
What does dm, dam, and h stand for in the metric lengths scale.
dm is decimetre, dam is decametre and h is hectometres
A penny weighs 3 grams. A nickel weighs 5 grams. A dime weighs 2 grams. How much would three dimes, two nickels, and a penny weigh?
19 grams 6 g (dimes) + 10 g (nickels) + 3 g (penny) = 19 grams
Which of the following should not be measured in liters or milliliters? gasoline, orange juice, potatoes or dish soap
Potatoes should not be measured in milliliters because they are a solid. Solids don't take the shape of their container, so their space cannot be easily measured in liters or milliliters.
A large container of milk weighs about... a. 39 grams b. 3.9 kilograms c. 39 kilograms
3.9 kilograms
The height of the tree is 4.2 m. Jack's ladder is 2.8 m tall. Jack is 179 cm tall. Compared to the tree, how much taller (measured in cm) is Jack if he is standing at the top of the ladder?
2.8 m + 179 cm – 4.2 m = 280 cm + 179 cm – 420 cm = 39 cm
Jack is 39 cm taller than the tree if he is standing at the top of the ladder