Metric Units of Weight

Which is the most reasonable measure for the weight of a car?

• 1400 grams

• 40 kilograms

• 1400 kilograms

Which is the most reasonable measure for the weight of a watermelon?

• 70 grams

• 7 kilograms

• 700 grams

How many grams are in a kilogram

• 1,000 grams 

• 100 grams

• 10 grams 

• 1 gram

1000 grams = _____ kilograms

• 0.0001

• 1,000,000

• 10

• 1

3 kg = ___g

• 150

• 3000

• 300

• 3

To convert kilograms to grams, I would move the decimal  _________ spaces to the ________.

• 3 , right

• 5, left

• 3, left

• 4, right

Is 4,000 mg greater than, less than, or equal to 4 g?

• greater than

• less than

• equal to

If you are converting from kg to g, how many places and in what direction do you have to move the decimal?

• 3 right

• 3 left

• 2 right

• 2 left

2.439 g = __________mg

• .002439

• .439

• 2439.

• 243.9

When we convert from smaller units to larger units, we move the decimal to the _________.

• Right

• Left