METRIC SYSTEM One thousand – KILO! One hundred - HECTO! NAME: Ten is decameters.
DATE: One tenth – DECI! One hundredth – CENTI! One thousandth is millimeters.
One decameter is ten meters. One hectometer is one hundred meters. One kilometer is one thousand meters, and here is how we remember:
One thousand – KILO! One hundred - HECTO! Ten is decameters. One tenth – DECI! One hundredth – CENTI! One thousandth is millimeters.
One decimeter’s one tenth of a meter. One hundredth is a centimeter. One millimeter’s one thousandth of a meter, and here is how we remember:
One thousand – KILO! One hundred - HECTO! Ten is decameters. One tenth – DECI! One hundredth – CENTI! One thousandth is millimeters.
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1 www.numberock.com METRIC SYSTEM One thousand – ! One hundred - ! NAME: Ten is .
DATE: One tenth – ! One hundredth – ! One thousandth is .
One decameter is metres. One hectometer is metres. One kilometer is metres, and here is how we remember:
One thousand – ! One hundred - ! Ten is . One tenth – ! One hundredth – ! One thousandth is .
One decimeter’s of a metre. One is a centimetre. One millimeter’s of a metre, and here is how we remember:
One thousand – ! One hundred - ! Ten is . One tenth – ! One hundredth – ! One thousandth is .
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2 www.numberock.com METRIC SYSTEM 1) Fill in the chart with the correct numbers for each unit:
NAME: 1 DATE:
KILO HECTO DECA METER DECI CENTI MILLI
2) Match each distance with the most reasonable unit:
The length of a grain of sand a) Hectometre The length of a football field b) Metre The width of your pinky finger c) Centimetre The length of a truck d) Decimetre The height of a door handle e) Decametre The length of ten city blocks f) Millimetre The length of a new pencil g) Kilometre
3) Convert: Show your work if necessary.
5 Kilometres = Hectometres 10 Centimetres = Millimetres 3 Metres = Decimetres 6 Hectometres = Decametres 6 Decimetres = Millimetres 9 Decametres = Metres
4) Challenge Conversions: Show your work if necessary.
15 Hectometres = Kilometres Hectometres 45 Millimetres= Centimetres Millimetres 23 Metres = Decametres Metres 61 Decametres = Hectometres Decametres 302cm = Metres Decimetres Millimetres
1220 Metres = Kilometres HectometresLogo Decametres 3 www.numberock.com METRIC SYSTEM 5) Fill in the square with > or < to complete the inequality sentence: NAME:
DATE: a) 5 Kilometres 49 Hectometres
b) 10 Centimetres 90 Millimetres
c) 3 Metres 1 Decimetre
d) 4 Hectometres 57 Decametres
e) 6 Decimetres 48 Millimetres
f) 19 Decametres 9 Metres
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4 www.numberock.com METRIC SYSTEM 1) What unit would be the most reasonable to describe the length of a baseball or softball bat? NAME: a) 1 decametre b) 1 metre c) 10 centimetres d) 40 millimetres
DATE: 2) Fill in the chart with the correct numbers for each unit:
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KILO HECTO DECA METER DECI CENTI MILLI
3) Explain how you could use this table to convert 3 hectometres into metres.
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METRIC SYSTEM 1) What unit would be the most reasonable to describe the length of a baseball or softball bat? NAME: a) 1 decametre b) 1 metre c) 10 centimetres d) 40 millimetres
DATE: 2) Fill in the chart with the correct numbers for each unit:
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KILO HECTO DECA METER DECI CENTI MILLI
3) Explain how you could use this table to convert 3 hectometres into metres.
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5 www.numberock.com METRIC SYSTEM Circle the best estimate for the measurement that is the DRILLS most appropriate for each item:
NAME:
1) A frog’s length. 2) The length of a 3) The length of a DATE: space shuttle. raincoat.
SYMBOLS
- millimeter (mm) - centimeter (cm) - decimeter (dm) - meter (m) 4 cm 4 dm 59 km 59 m 1 m 1 cm - dekameter (dam) - hectometer (hm) 4) A parrot’s height. 5) A bear’s height 6) A mouse’s length. - kilometer (km) while standing.
30 m 30 cm 140 cm 140 dam 7 cm 7 dm
7) A bison’s length. 8) An armadillo’s 9) The length of a length. plane.
3 dam 3 m 1 m 1 hm 3 dam 3 dm
10) The length of a 11) The length of a 12) The length of a guitar. boat. carrot.
1 hm 1 m 10 m 10 km 26 cm 26 mm
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6 www.numberock.com METRIC SYSTEM 1) Convert: Show your work if necessary:
HOMEWORK a) 8 Hectometres = Decametres
NAME: b) 27 Decimetres = Centimetres DATE:
c) 4 Decametres = Decimetres
d) 6 Kilometres = Hectometres
e) 7 Centimetres = Millimetres
f) 2 Metres = Decimetres
g) 5 Hectometres = Metres
h) 4 Kilometres = Metres
2) Challenge Conversions: Show your work if necessary:
a) 35 Hectometres = Kilometres Hectometres
b) 49 Centimetres= Decimetres Centimetres
c) 79 Metres = Decametres Metres
d) 34 Decametres = Hectometres Decametres
e) 410 Millimetres = Decimetres Centimetres
f) 783 Metres = Hectometres Decametres Metres
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7 METRIC SYSTEM PAGE 2 ANSWER KEY KILO, HECTO, decametres, DECI, CENTI, millimetres
ten, one hundred, one thousand
KILO, HECTO, decametres, DECI, CENTI, millimetres
one tenth, hundredth, one thousandth
KILO, HECTO, decametres, DECI, CENTI, millimetres
PAGE 3 1) 1000, 100, 10, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001
2) f, a, c, e, b, g, d
3) 50, 100, 30, 60, 600, 90
4) 1 Kilometre 5 Hectometres
4 Centimetres 5 Millimetres
2 Decametres 3 Metres
6 Hectometres 1 Decametre
3 Metres 0 Decimetres 20 millimetres
1 Kilometre 2 Hectometres 2 Decametres
PAGE 4 5) a) > b) > c) > d) < e) > f) >
PAGE 5 (EXIT SLIP) 1) b
2) 1000, 100, 10, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001
3) 1 hectometre is 100 metres, so 3 hectometres would be 3 x 100 metres or 300 metres
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PAGE 7 1) a) 80 b) 270 c) 400 d) 60 e) 70 f) 20 g) 500 h) 4,000 2) a) 3, 5 b) 4, 9 c) 7, 9 d) 3, 4 e) 4, 1 f) 7, 8, 3
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