Understanding Metric System Prefixes

What does the prefix "kilo" represent in the metric system?

• 10

• 100

• 1000

• 0.01

What does the prefix "centi" represent in the metric system?

• 0.1

• 0.01

• 0.001

• 100

How many meters are in 0.05 kilometers?

• 0.5 meters

• 5 meters

• 50 meters

• 500 meters

What is the value of the prefix "centi" in the metric system?

• 1000

• 100

• 0.01

• 0.001

Convert 0.05 kilometers to centimeters.

• 50 cm

• 500 cm

• 5,000 cm

• 50,000 cm

How many milligrams are equivalent to one decigram?

• 10 milligrams

• 100 milligrams

• 1000 milligrams

• 0.1 milligrams

Convert 422 decigrams to milligrams.

• 422 milligrams

• 4,220 milligrams

• 42,200 milligrams

• 422,000 milligrams