Measuring in Units

Which of the following units would be BEST for a doctor when measuring the weight of a 10 year old boy?

• milligrams

• kilometers

• grams

• kilograms

What is the mass or weight of the flour in grams?

• 600 grams

• 500 grams

• 650 grams

Read the scale and chose your reading.

• 620 grams

• 640 grams

• 610 grams

If the weight of two pillows is 30g, what is the weight of one pillow

• 24 grams

• 10 grams

• 30 grams

• 15 grams

• none of the above

4 kilograms = ______________ grams

• 400 grams

• 4,000 grams

• 4 grams

9 L = ________ mL

• 900 mL

• 9,000 mL

• 90 mL

Gram and kilogram are the units of measuring:

• capacity

• length

• time

• mass

1,000 g = _______ kg

• 1

• 100

• 100,000

A _________ is used to measure the mass of light objects. For example a paperclip.

• gram

• kilogram

How is liquid volume measured?

• grams

• years

• liters

• minutes