If you are converting from big to small, in what direction will you ALWAYS move the decimal? Example
0.9 cm = mm
What is to the left
100
The distance of the floor to a doorknob or the distance from the floor to the ceiling?
What is meters
100
How many m are in 3.2 cm
What is 0.032 meters
200
What does cm stand for?
What is centimeter
200
The width of your fingernail is about the size of a?
What is centimeter
200
If you are converting from small to big, in what direction will you ALWAYS move the decimal? Example
4,500 m = km
What is to the right
200
What is the basic unit of length in the metric system?
What is meter
200
How many grams are in 6500 mg?
What is 6.5 g
300
What does m stand for?
What is meter
300
How many mm are in 1 m?
What is 1000
300
After you figure out which direction you will move the decimal, how do you figure out how many time to move the decimal?
example: 470 mm = cm
What is count the number of units between what you know and where you want to go
300
What number does the prefix milli mean?
What is 1/1000
300
What is the meniscus?
The curved part of the liquid in a graduated cylinder.
You read the bottom of the curve
400
What does km stand for?
What is kilometer
400
How many drops of water equal 1 ml?
What is about 20-23 drops = 1 milliliter
400
65 km = m
What is 65,000
400
What number does the prefix kilo mean?
What is 1000 times larger
400
What is .32 kilograms is how many grams?
What is 320 grams
500
Put in order from smallest to biggest: centigram, Kilogram, milligram, gram
What is milli, centi, gram, kilo
500
1/2 of a mile is about the distance of a?
What is kilometer
500
9,876 g = kg
What is 9.876 kg
500
How do you find the volume of an irregular shaped rock?
put water in a graduated cylinder
record the starting volume
add rock
record the new volume
find the difference between new and old volume
that equals the volume of the rock