Metric Review worksheet



Metric Review worksheet Name___________________

Use the chart below to help you convert! Remember it is all about moving the decimal point to the left or to the right!

Kids Have Dropped Over Dead Converting Metrics

(kilo) (hecto) (Deca) (base) (deci) (centi) (milli)

Units of Measurement

1. What is one advantage to using the metric system?

(insert what we measure with here)

Length km=kilometer, m=meter, cm=centimeters, mm=millimeters,

2. The basic unit of length in the metric system is the ___________________

3. What unit of measurement would I use to measure the length of a snickers bar?

4. What unit of measurement would I use to measure the thickness of a nose hair?

5. What unit of measurement would I use to measure the distance from Pulaski to Wausau?

6. What unit of measurement would I use to measure a football field?

Convert the following units of measurement

7) 100cm=_______________m 8) 435 mm=_____________km

9) 45km=_______________cm 10) 9873289mm=____________cm

11) 765 km=___________cm _____________m

Mass (weight) although they aren’t the same thing. We will learn about this later

kg=kilogram, g=gram, cm=centigram, mg= milligram, etc…

12. The basic unit of Mass (weight) in the metric system is the _________________

13. What unit of Mass measurement would I use to measure a vitamin pill?

14. What unit of Mass measurement would I use to measure a person?

15. What unit of Mass measurement would I use to measure a small pebble?

Convert the following units of measurement

16) 254kg=____________g 17) 453286mg=______________g

18) 432g=____________kg 19) 987653g= _______________mg

20) 4567kg=__________________mg

Volume (kL=kiloliter, L=liters, cL=centiliters, mL=milliliters etc…)

21. The basic unit of measurement for Volume in the metric system is the ____________

22. To measure the amount of liquid in a soda can I would use_____________________

23. To measure the amount of water in a bucket I would use_______________________

24. To measure the amount of water in an eye dropper I would use_________________

Convert the following

25) 78965 L=_______________kL 26) 78789 mL=____________L

27) 45kL=___________________L 28) 4234kL=_____________mL

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