Units & Unit Conversions Worksheet



Name: _____________________________________ Period: _____

Chemistry: Metric Conversions HW

|Content Standard |1 - Emerging |2 - Developing |3 - Achieving |4 - Excelling |

|Unit Conversions |I can identify units and |I can describe the relationship |I can convert between one unit|I can convert among |

|Express measurements using |estimate quantities of metric |between one unit of metric |of metric measurement and |multiple units of |

|a variety of units |measurement |measurement and another |another |measurement |

Level One Questions: For each of the following commonly used measurements, indicate its symbol. Use the symbols to complete the following sentences with the most appropriate unit. Units may be used more than once or not at all.

_____ milliliter

_____ kilogram

_____ meter

_____ milligram

_____ millimeter

_____ liter

_____ kilometer

_____ second

_____ centimeter

_____ gram

1.

1. Colas may be purchased in two or three _____ bottles.

2. The mass of a bowling ball is 7.25 _____.

3. The length of the common housefly is about 1 _____.

4. The mass of a paperclip is about 1 _____.

5. One teaspoon of cough syrup has a volume of 5 _____.

6. Stand with your arms raised out to your side. The distance from your nose to your outstretched fingers is about 1 _____.

7. On a statistical basis, smoking a single cigarette lowers your life expectancy by 642,000 _____, or 10.7 minutes.

Level Two Questions: Write out the conversion factor from one unit of metric measurement to the next.

Example: mL to L Answer: 1000mL = 1L

1. mg to g

2. cm to m

3. Mm to m

4. μL to L

5. GL to L

6. kg to g

Level Three Questions: Convert the following metric measurements. Show your work for each.

1. 198g = _____ Kg

2. 75 mL = _____ L

3. 50 cm = _____ m

4. 250 m = _____ km

5. 5 L = _____mL

6. 26,000 cm = _____ m

7. 14 Km = _____ m

Level Four Questions: Convert the following metric measurements. Show your work for each. including two conversion factors.

8. 16 cm = _____mm

9. 1000 mg = _____ kg

10. 8 mm = _____ cm

11. 56,500 mm = _____ km

12. 160 cm = _____ mm

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