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Conversion Challenge
Write the correct abbreviation for each metric unit.
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2) Meter
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Millimeter mm
4) Milliliter
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5)
8) Centimeter
6) Liter
3) Gram-+
L.
9) Milligram
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2) 104 km
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14) 6.3 em
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em
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m
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U. S. -vMetric Conversions
Weight
Length
1 oz
1 in= 2.54 em
1 ft = 30.5 em
1 yd = 91.4 em
1 mi= 1610 m
1 mi= l.61 km
0.0394 in = Imm
0.394 in = 1 em
39.4in= 1 m
3.28 ft = 1 m
1.09 yd = 1 m
0.621 mi = 1 krn
lib
= 28.3 g
1 gal=3.79L
1 qt = 0.946 L
0.264 gal = 1 L
1.06 qt= 1 L
g
1 lb = 0.454 kg
0.0353 oz = 1 g
0.00220 lb = 1 g
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to reach the moon if a quarter has a diameter of2.3 em.
23. How many years old are you if you have lived 1 billion seconds?
24. 1 milliliter of ink: can print 50 pages of text. If you had 100 gallons of ink: then how many pages
could you print?
25. A clerk can sort 375 sheets per hour. If there are 225 sheets in an inch, how long will it take her to
file 125 inches ofloose sheets.
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