Metric Mass-benchmarks and change units

Choose the best unit to measure the mass of:

a goldfish

• grams (think mass of paperclips)

• kilograms (think mass of a pineapple)

Choose the best unit to measure the mass of:

a television

• grams (think mass of paperclips)

• kilograms (think mass of pineapple)

Choose the best unit to measure the mass of:

a car

• kilograms

• grams

Choose the best unit to measure the mass of:

a bed

• grams

• kilograms

Choose the best unit to measure the mass of:

a loaf of bread

• grams (think mass of paperclips)

• kilograms (think mass of pineapple)

• milligrams (think mass of a grain of sand)

Choose the best unit to measure the mass of:

a germ

• kg

• g

• mg

Choose the best unit to measure the mass of:

a hamburger

• grams

• kilograms

3 g = ______ mg

• 30

• 300

• 3,000

8,000 mg = _____ g

• 8

• 80

• 800

9 g= _____ mg

• 90

• 900

• 9,000