Metric System

Volume

100

What is the base unit for volume?

Liter

200

Which is a larger amount of water, one kiloliter or one milliliter?

Kiloliter 

300

Convert 8 kiloliters to liters

8,000 L

400

Convert 18,500 centiliters to liters

185 L

500

Convert 5,000,000 milliliters to kiloliters

5 kL

Mass

100

What is the base unit for mass?

Gram

200

Which dog weighs more, a 900 gram dog or a 9 kilogram dog

9 kilogram

300

Convert 23 dekagrams to grams

230 grams

400

Convert 48,000 decigrams to grams

4,800 g

500

Convert 25,000 centigrams into hectograms

2.5 hectograms

Distance

100

What is the base unit for distance?

Meter

200

Zach is 170 centimeters tall, Sean is 1.9 meters tall. Who is taller?

Sean

300

Convert 6 kilometers to meters

6000 m

400

Convert 4,000 millimeters to meters

4 m

500

Convert 6,500,000 millimeters to decimeters

65,000 decimeters

Prefixes

100

Kilo

1,000 times the base unit

200

Centi

100 times smaller than the base unit

300

Milli

1,000 times smaller than the base unit

400

Deka

10 times the base unit

500

Hecto

100 times the base unit

Application

100

If you're measuring the height of your cat, you would use...

Centimeters

200

If you're measuring the amount of water a bathtub can hold, you would use...

Liters

300

If you're measuring how much you weigh, you would use...

Kilograms

400

If you're measuring the distance between Detroit and Ann Arbor, you would use...

Kilometers

500

If you're measuring the amount of liquid cough syrup you should take, you would use...

Milliliters