The Metric System

Deci/Centi

100

21 dm = ..... m

2.1 m

200

61 c = ........ m

0.61m

300

100,000dm =.......... m

10,000m

400

37.9cm =......... hm

0.00379hm

500

Ana is 175 centimeters now. How tall is she in deci?

17.5 deci

Nano/Pico

100

12 pm = ...... m

1.2x10^-11 m

200

89nm = ........ m

8.9x10^-8

300

88pm =.......... nm

0.088nm

400

20,000nm =.......... Mm

2.0x10^-11 Mm

500

If a snail travels 4 meters per hour, how many hours would fit take for the snail to travel 50000000000000 pico?

12 and a half hours

Tera/Giga

100

19 Tm = ..... m

1.9 x 10 ^13 m

200

13Gm = .......... m

13,000,000,000m (1.3x10^10)

300

61Tm =........... hm

6.1x10^11

400

1234Tm =.......  pm

1.234 x 10 ^ 27 pm

500

Carrie signs up for the 42 km race and Michael signs up for the 21 km race. What is the difference in Tera metres?

2.1 x 10 ^ -8

Deca/Hecto

100

43dam = ..........m

430m

200

3hm= ......... m

300m

300

42dam =......... km

0.42km

400

137hm =.......... nm

1.37x10^13nm

500

45 cm of ribbon are needed for each gift. 5 gifts need to be wrapped. HOw many decameters of ribbon are used?

0.225 deca

Kilo/Mega

100

7km = ........ m

7000m

200

31Mm =.......... m

31,000,000m

300

0.98km =.........dm

9,800dm

400

17km =........ Tm

1.7x10^-8

500

Kathryn runs a 5 kilometre run every day for 31 days. How many mega metres did Kathryn runs across all 31 days?

0.155 megametres