Converting Metric System Length

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

• 3 right

• 3 left

• 2 right

• 2 left

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

• 3 right

• 3 left

• 2 right

• 2 left

Convert 0.25 m to mm

• 25

• 2.5

• 250

• 0.025

10 Meters = ____ Centimeters

• 1000

• 10

• 100

50 Millimeters = ____ Centimeters

• 5

• 50

• 500

When converting from a larger unit of measure to a smaller unit of measure what math operation do we use?

• addition

• subtraction

• division

• multiplication

When converting measurement from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit of measure what math operation do we use?

• multiplication

• subtraction

• division

• addition

Convert 3 cm into mm?

Convert 7 m into cm?

3 meters = _____________ centimeters

• 3 centimeters

• 30 centimeters

• 300 centimeters

• 3,000 centimeters