Measurement - Conversions

To find out how many kilometres are in 3547 metres, you will need to:

• multiply the metres times the number of kilometres

  3547m x ?km = _____km

• multiply the metres times 1km

  3547m x 1km = ______km

• divide the number of metres by the number of kilometres

  3547m ÷ ?km = _______km

• divide the number of metres by 1000

  3547m ÷ 1000 = _____km

To find out how many metres are in 47 kilometres, you will need to:

• multiply the kilometres times the number of metres

  47km x ?m = _____m

• multiply the kilometres times 1000m

  47km x 1000m = ______m

• divide the number of kilometres by the number of metres

  47km ÷ ?m = ______

• divide the number of kilometres by 1m

  47km ÷ 1m = _____m

To convert from a smaller unit to a larger one, you will need to _________ the number of the smaller unit by 10, 100 or 1000 depending on its equivalences.

Example: 2568 m convert to Kilometres

2568 m ___ 1000 m/km = _____ km

To convert from a larger unit to a smaller one, you will need to _________ the number of the larger unit by 10, 100 or 1000 depending on its equivalences.

Example: 66 km convert to metres

66 km ___ 1000 m/km = _____ m

I know that there are _____ metres in one kilometre-

I know that there are _____ centimetres in one metre.

I know that there are _____ millimetres in one centimetre.

I know that there are _____ millilitres in a litre.

I know that there are _____ milligrams in a gram.

I know that there are _____ grams in a kilogram.