Convert metric measures

1 Howmanycentimetrecubescanyoufitalongametrestick?

Whatdoesthistellyou?

2 Completethesentences.

a) Thereare gramsin1kilogram.

Thereare kilogramsinonetonne.

b) Thereare millilitresin1litre.

c) Thereare millimetresin1centimetre

Thereare centimetresin1metre.

Thereare metresin1kilometre.

3 Completethebarmodels.

a)

1km 1km 1km 1km

1,000m 1,000m

Thereare min4km.

b)

1kg 1kg 1kg 1kg 1kg 1kg12kg

1,000g 1,000g 1,000g

Thereare gin612kg.

4 Completetheconversions.

a) 2kg= g b) 1l= ml

5kg= g 5l= ml

10kg= g 11l= ml

12kg= g

5 Abagofdogfoodweighs2.5kg.

Writethisweightingrams.

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6 Whatmeasurementsarethearrowspointingto?

Labelthemonthenumberline.

0 21

0 5 131mm

cm

7 Completetheconversions.

a) 10mm= cm mm=1.1cm

11mm= cm mm=10.1cm

mm=11cm

b) 2.1km= m 2.01km= m

2.001km= m 2.011km= m

8 Write>,<or=tocompletethestatements.

a) 100m 1km b) 5.1l 5,100ml

10m 10cm 607l 0.607ml

10.1mm 101cm 0.05l 5ml

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9 DoraandAmiraretryingtoconvert1.05metresintomillimetres.

Whodoyouagreewith?___________________

Explainyourthinking.

10 Whatisthemassofoneoftheboxes?

Giveyouransweringrams.

11 Thereare1,000kginonetonne.

a) Howmanygramsarethereinonetonne?

b) Acarweighs1.3tonnes.

Writetheweightofthecaringrams.

You can multiply 1.05 by 100 to convert it into centimetres, then

multiply the product by 10 to convert it into millimetres.

Dora

You can just multiply 1.05 by 1,000!

Amir

2 kg1 kg