Name
Practice
Buddy
Tools Assessment
Another Example!
Convert 5 meters to millimeters.
Multiply the larger number of units by the number of smaller units in each larger unit.
5 × 1,000 = 5,000 millimeters
y y
Number
of meters
There are
1,000 millimeters in
1 meter.
Millimeters
per meter
There are 5,000 millimeters in 5 meters.
*
Do You Understand?
Do You Know How?
1. Be Precise In the problem on the
previous page, suppose Matthew
jumped 34 meter. Who jumped farther,
Matthew or Gary? Explain.
For 2–3, convert each unit.
2. 5 kilometers =
meters
3. 75 centimeters =
millimeters
For 4–9, convert each unit.
4. 2 meters =
centimeters
6. 8 centimeters =
8. 9 kilometers =
millimeters
meters
5. 5 kilometers =
meters
7. 6 meters =
millimeters
9. 6 meters =
centimeters
For 10–11, complete each table.
10.
Meters
Millimeters
11.
Centimeters Millimeters
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
*For another example, see Set B on page 723.
Topic 13 Lesson 13-4
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For 12–13, use the table at the right.
13. How many more millimeters of rain fell
on Thursday than on Monday and
Wednesday combined?
Rainfall Students Measured
DATA
12. Be Precise The table shows the amount of
rainfall students measured for a week. What was
the total rainfall for the week, in millimeters?
Monday
3 cm
Tuesday
0 cm
Wednesday
1 cm
Thursday
5 cm
Friday
2 cm
14. Which is greater, 2,670 meters or
2 kilometers? Explain.
15. Which is greater, 8 hours or 520 minutes?
One hour is equal to 60 minutes.
16. Algebra Leah ran around the track
8 times. She ran a total of 2,000 meters.
How many meters equal 1 lap? Use the
bar diagram to write an equation which
can be used to solve the problem.
17. Higher Order Thinking Signs are
placed at the beginning and at the
end of a 3-kilometer hiking trail. Signs
are also placed every 500 meters along
the trail. How many signs are along the
trail? Explain.
2,000 m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
m
Assessment
18. Select all the true statements.
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19. Select all the true statements.
14 meters = 1,400 centimeters
3 meters = 3,000 centimeters
10 centimeters = 1,000 millimeters
2 kilometers = 2,000 meters
55 kilometers = 5,500 meters
4 centimeters = 40 millimeters
3 meters = 3,000 millimeters
3 meters = 3,000 millimeters
5 meters = 500 centimeters
5 kilometers = 5,000 meters
Topic 13 Lesson 13-4
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