<p> METRIC NOTES 2. Put a star above the prefix given in the problem (in this example, cm) In order to remember the prefixes of the metric system, we use the following mnemonic device: k h d b d c m king hector died by drinking chocolate milk</p><p>3. Put another star above the prefix that you need to convert your k h dk d c m number into (in this example, meters. Remember, meters are one kilo- hecto- deka- base- deci- centi- milli- of our base units! ). x 1000 x100 x10 units ÷10 ÷ 100 ÷1000 meter k h d b d c m (distance) gram (mass) Liter 4. Count the number of steps it would take to move from the first (liquid star (cm) volume) to the second star (meters). cm3 Regular k h d b d c m solid You moved 2 steps L x W x H to the left (2L).</p><p>In order to convert within the metric system, follow the following examples: 5. The number of steps that you moved on the mnemonic device determines how many spaces you move the decimal in your 5.23 cm = ______meters problem. Because we moved two steps to the left in the mnemonic device, we have to move our decimal two spaces to 1. Write the prefixes of the metric system in order from largest to the left. If there aren’t enough numbers to ‘step around’, add greatest. zeros! k h d b d c m 0 0 0 0 0 5. 2 3 cm = ______meters 6. When you move the decimal point two places to the left, your new answer is……… 5.23 cm = .0523 meters</p>