prefixsymbol kingkilok1k _=1000 _ henryhectoh1h _=100 _ doesn’tdekadk1dk _=10 _ reallyrootg, l, m=...

Prefix Symbol

King Kilo k 1k _ = 1000 _

Henry Hecto h 1h _ = 100 _

Doesn’t Deka dk 1dk _ = 10 _

Really Root g, l, m =

Drink Deci d 10d _ = 1 _

Chocolate

Centi c 100c _ = 1 _

Milk Milli m 1000m _

= 1 _

Roots in the Metric System:

M= Meters: basic unit of length

L= Liters: basic unit of volume

G= Grams basic unit of mass

K. H. Dk. ROOT d. c. m.

1. ______ mg = 54 g

2. ______m = 256 dkm

3. ______hL = 9800 L

Beginning Conversion Problems

4. _____ km = 34600 m

5. _____ cg = 4420 g

6. ____ dkg = 900 g

7. ____ mm = 25,000 m

8. ____ L = 7600 cL

9. ____ hg = 3326 g

10.___ m = 140 cm

Extra Practice problems

1. ___ kg = 85 g

2. ___ ml = 720 L

3. ___ dkg = 0.75 g

4. ___ m = 730 hm

5. ___ g = 450 mg

6. ___ km = 73 m

7. ___ L = 33 cl

8. ___ m = 83 cm

9. ___ dkL = 14 L

10. ___ dg = 35 g

11. ___ mg = 207 g

12. ___ g = 37 dg

13. ___ m = 750 km

14. ___ hl = 35 L

15. ___ g = 7 kg

On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez struck a reef in Prince Williams Sound, Alaska, spilling 37,854,120 L of crude oil. What is the volume in milliliters?

The Tent meteorite, found in 1897 near Cape York, on the west coast of Greenland, is the largest meteorite exhibited by any museum. It has a mass of 30,883 kg. How much is the mass of this meteorite in milligrams?