Measuring Meters and Centimeters

10 cm = _____mm

• 100

• 1,000

• 1

• 0.1

The prefix "milli" means 1,000. So a millimeter is:

• 10 times smaller as a meter

• 1,000 times bigger than a meter

• the same size as a meter

• 1,000 times smaller than a meter

Length is...

• Indicates the amount of matter, or material, in an object.

• The distance from one point to another.

• Refers to the amount that a container can hold.

The length of a pushpin is about..

• 25 milimeters

• 30 centimeters

• 11 meters

• 2 kilometers

Would you be more likely to measure a person's height in:

• kilometers

• centimeters

• centimeters

3 m and 9 cm is the same as

• 390 cm

• 309 cm

• 930 cm

Convert 359 cm into m.

• 3 m 95 cm

• 35 m 9 cm

• 3 m 59 cm

7 m 6 cm is equal to ________ cm

• 76 cm

• 706 cm

• 760 cm

504 cm =__________

• 5 m 4 cm

• 5 m 40 cm

• 5 m 400 cm

The length of a rope is 80 m 54 cm. If a piece of 35 m 40 cm length is cut, what length of the rope is left?

• 44 m 00 cm.

• 45 m 14 cm.

• 115 m 94 cm.