Metric System Assessment

 What prefix in the metric system means 1/100th of the base unit?

• centi
• kilo
• deci
• milli

Convert 5 kilometers to decimeters.

• 5000 decimeters
• 50 decimeters
• 50000 decimeters
• 5 kilometers

If a container holds 2.5 liters of water, how many milliliters of water does it hold?

• 25.0 milliliters

• 0.2500 milliliters

• 250.0 milliliters

• 2500 milliliters

What metric unit would you use to measure volume?

• liters (L)
• grams (g)
• gallons (g)

• meters (m)

What prefix in the metric system means 10 times larger than the base unit?

• deka-
• kilo-
• milli-
• centi-

What is the mnemonic sentence that we learned to help us remember the order of the Metric System units?

• Kevin Hates Dancing By Day
• Kangaroos Hop Over Big Dogs
• Kittens Help Dogs Bake Cookies
• King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk

Convert 2000 milliliters to liters.

• 2 liters
• 0.2 liters

• 0.002 liters

• 20 liters

Convert 250 centimeters to meters.

• 2.5 meters
• 2500 meters
• 25 meters
• 0.25 meters

Convert 1.75 kilograms to grams.

• 17.5 grams

• 0.1750 grams

• 1750 grams
• 1.75 grams

What prefix in the metric system means 1,000 times larger than the base unit?

• centi-
• deci-

• deka-

• kilo-