5-9 Practice: Convert Metric Units

The metric system is based on powers of _____.

Complete the conversion: 45 g = ____ mg

(Enter just your number answer with no units.)

Complete the conversion: 1.68 L = ____ mL

(Enter just your number answer with no units.)

Complete the conversion: 28 cm = ____ mm

(Enter just your number answer with no units.)

Complete the conversion: 600 cm = ____ m

(Enter just your number answer with no units.)

Complete the conversion: 5.1 km = ____ m

(Enter just your number answer with no units.)

Complete the conversion: 0.178 L = ____ mL

(Enter just your number answer with no units.)

Use the table, which shows the amounts of three items

that Nobu bought at a farmer’s market.

What is the mass of the cantaloupe in grams?

______ g

Use the table, which shows the amounts of three items

that Nobu bought at a farmer’s market.

What is the total mass in kilograms of all the items

that Nobu bought?

______ kg

Select all the conversions that are equivalent to the length of a 725-meter suspension bridge. Choose 3.

• 725,000 mm

• 72,500 cm

• 7,250 cm

• 7.25 km

• 0.725 km