Module 1.06 Help File
Number 1: What is the base metric unit for measuring mass?
Number 2: What is the base metric unit for measuring volume?
For Numbers 1 and 2: To find the base metric units, use this image from the lesson tab in 1.06.
Number 3: Place these metric units in order from the smallest to the largest:
meter, millimeter, kilometer, decimeter, centimeter, dekameter, hectometer.
For Number 3: Use this image that I have taken from the lesson tab to help you here!
For Numbers 4-6: Use this image below, that I have taken from the lesson tab to help you here!
Number 4: Which is the best unit to use when measuring the length of a car: a meter or
kilometer?
Number 5: Which is the best unit for measuring the mass of a large pumpkin: grams or
kilograms?
Number 6: Which is the best unit to use when measuring the amount of water in a pond: liters
or kiloliters?
Here is a metric conversion video that is really helpful;
you may want to watch this first before doing numbers 7-10:
http://www.mathplayground.com/howto_Metric.html
Number 7: Convert 12.0 kilograms into grams.
Number 8: Convert 4.3 meters into centimeters.
Number 9: Convert 900 milligrams into grams.
Number 10: Convert .7 millimeters into centimeters.