Metric Mystery
What is the BASE unit in the metric system used to measure CAPACITY? (meters, grams, or liters)
liters
What number does the prefix "kilo" represent?
1,000
How many centimeters in 1 meter?
100
If James has to ride his bike 1 kilometer to the grocery store, and then 3.7 kilometers to the park, how far will he ride his bike in total?
4.7 kilometers
Put the following units of length in order from shortest to longest: cm, km, m, mm, dm
mm (shortest), cm, dm, m, km (longest)
centi
How many grams in 1 kilogram?
1,000
If Kelly is 1.75 meters tall and John is 1.02 meters tall, how tall is each person in CENTIMETERS?
Kelly is 175 centimeters and John is 102 centimeters
What is the largest unit of MASS in the metric system? (Pounds, grams, tons, kilograms)
Kilograms
What unit would "hg" stand for?
hektograms
Convert 3,456 km to meters.
3.456 m
If Alex is 1.38 meters tall, and Samantha is 136 centimeters tall, who is taller? How MUCH taller?
Alex is 0.02 meters taller (or 2 centimeters taller)
What object has about the same amount of mass as 1 gram?
paperclip
What number does the prefix "milli" represent?
1/1000
Convert 13,064 mL to liters
13.064 L
Carter needs 350 grams of sugar, 200 grams of brown sugar, and 138 grams of powdered sugar for his grandma's cookie recipe. How many grams of sugar total will he add to the batch?
688 grams of sugar
Act out what KHDBDCM would look like.
Bravo! Bravo!
Which prefix stands for the number 1?
(trick question) - there is no prefix. Just the BASE unit.
How many millimeters in 1 kilometer plus 1 meter plus 1 centimeter? (I will take an addition sentence OR final answer)
(1,000,000 + 1,000 + 10) = 1,001,010
Jennifer drives every day from home to school, and then from school to practice. If Jennifer drives 3.2 km to school, and 5,627 m from school to practice, which drive is longer? How MUCH longer?
Driving to practice is longer by 2,427 meters or 2.427 kilometers.