metric work
1 mL = 1 cm3
Answers: a)0.5 b) 0.004 c) 8000 d) 0.009 e)0.002
f) 6000 g) 0.04 h) 0.012 i)0.0065 j) 7.02 k) 30 l) 603.5 m) 32 n) 0.038
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2. One cereal bar has a mass of 37 g. What is the mass of 6 cereal bars? Is that more than or less than 1kg? Explain your answer.
222 g less that halkf of a kg
3. Wanda needs to move 110 kg of rocks. She can carry l0 hg each trip. How many trips must she make? Explain your answer.
110 10 hg =1kg
4. Dr. O is playing in her garden again She needs 1 kg of potting soil for her plants. She has 750 g. How much more does she need? Explain your answer.
250 g
5. Weather satellites orbit Earth at an altitude of 1,400,000 meters. What is this altitude in kilometers. 1400 km
6. Which unit would you use to measure the capacity? Write milliliter or liter.
a) a bucket __liter________
b) a thimble ______ milliter____
c) a water storage tank __ liter_____
d) a carton of juice ________ liter___
7. Circle the more reasonable measure:
a) length of an ant 5mm or 5cm
b) length of an automobile 5 m or 50 m
c) distance from NY to LA 450 km or 4,500 km
d) height of a dining table 75 mm or 75 cm
8. Will a tablecloth that is 155 cm long cover a table that is 1.6 m long? Explain your answer
No 0.05 meters to short
9. A dollar bill is 15.6 cm long. If 200 dollar bills were laid end to end, how many meters long would the line be?
36.2 meters 3620 cm
10. The ceiling in Jan’s living room is 2.5 m high. She has a hanging lamp that hangs down 41 cm. Her husband is exactly 2 m tall. Will he hit his head on the hanging lamp? Why or why not?
No 0.09 meters or 9 cm is between him and the light Using SI Units
Match the terms in Column II with the descriptions in Column I. Write the letters of the correct term in the blank on the left.
Column I Column II
___K__ 1. distance between two points a. time
___E_ _ 2. SI unit of length
Answers: a)0.5 b) 0.004 c) 8000 d) 0.009 e)0.002
f) 6000 g) 0.04 h) 0.012 i)0.0065 j) 7.02 k) 30 l) 603.5 m) 32 n) 0.038
Page 2 of 5
2. One cereal bar has a mass of 37 g. What is the mass of 6 cereal bars? Is that more than or less than 1kg? Explain your answer.
222 g less that halkf of a kg
3. Wanda needs to move 110 kg of rocks. She can carry l0 hg each trip. How many trips must she make? Explain your answer.
110 10 hg =1kg
4. Dr. O is playing in her garden again She needs 1 kg of potting soil for her plants. She has 750 g. How much more does she need? Explain your answer.
250 g
5. Weather satellites orbit Earth at an altitude of 1,400,000 meters. What is this altitude in kilometers. 1400 km
6. Which unit would you use to measure the capacity? Write milliliter or liter.
a) a bucket __liter________
b) a thimble ______ milliter____
c) a water storage tank __ liter_____
d) a carton of juice ________ liter___
7. Circle the more reasonable measure:
a) length of an ant 5mm or 5cm
b) length of an automobile 5 m or 50 m
c) distance from NY to LA 450 km or 4,500 km
d) height of a dining table 75 mm or 75 cm
8. Will a tablecloth that is 155 cm long cover a table that is 1.6 m long? Explain your answer
No 0.05 meters to short
9. A dollar bill is 15.6 cm long. If 200 dollar bills were laid end to end, how many meters long would the line be?
36.2 meters 3620 cm
10. The ceiling in Jan’s living room is 2.5 m high. She has a hanging lamp that hangs down 41 cm. Her husband is exactly 2 m tall. Will he hit his head on the hanging lamp? Why or why not?
No 0.09 meters or 9 cm is between him and the light Using SI Units
Match the terms in Column II with the descriptions in Column I. Write the letters of the correct term in the blank on the left.
Column I Column II
___K__ 1. distance between two points a. time
___E_ _ 2. SI unit of length