Converting metric units

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What is about 1 metre long?
What weighs about 1 kilogram?

A big stride, a guitar

A bag of sugar

How many centimetres?

1 metre 100

How many grams?

1 kilogram 1000

Kilo
One thousand.
Centi
One hundredth.
Milli
One thousandth.

Convert 450 g to kilograms.

Grams1000450
Kilograms1

Convert 0.85 km to metres.

km1
m1000
× 0.85
0.85
850
0.85 × 1000 = 850
Answer850 m

Convert 620 cm to metres.

m1
cm100
× 6.2
6.2
620
620 ÷ 100 = 6.2
Answer6.2 m

Convert 0.85 km to metres.

km1
m1000
× 0.85
0.85
850
0.85 × 1000 = 850
Answer850 m

Convert 3400 g to kilograms.

kg1
g1000
× 3.4
3.4
3400
3400 ÷ 1000 = 3.4
Answer3.4 kg

Convert 0.85 km to metres.

km1
m1000
× 0.85
0.85
850
0.85 × 1000 = 850
Answer850 m

Convert 2.6 litres to millilitres.

litres1
ml1000
× 2.6
2.6
2600
2.6 × 1000 = 2600
Answer2600 ml

Convert 0.85 km to metres.

km1
m1000
× 0.85
0.85
850
0.85 × 1000 = 850
Answer850 m

Convert 125 mm to centimetres.

cm1
mm10
× 12.5
12.5
125
125 ÷ 10 = 12.5
Answer12.5 cm

Convert 0.85 km to metres.

km1
m1000
× 0.85
0.85
850
0.85 × 1000 = 850
Answer850 m

Convert 3.05 m to centimetres.

m1
cm100
× 3.05
3.05
305
3.05 × 100 = 305
Answer305 cm

Converting metric units worksheet, page 1

Answer sheet

  1. A bottle holds 1.5 litres. How many 250 ml glasses does it fill?

    6

  2. Put these in order, shortest first: 0.4 m, 38 cm, 425 mm.

    38 cm, 0.4 m, 425 mm

  3. A beetle is 23 mm long. Write its length in centimetres.

    2.3 cm

  1. Convert 4.7 kg to grams.

    4700 g

  2. Convert 860 cm to metres.

    8.6 m

  3. Kit says 74 mm = 0.74 cm. Is Kit right? Explain.

    No: 7.4 cm (÷ 10)
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