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This program is a designed for you to think about metric prefixes in a funny way. Enjoy the puns.

How does this work?

Each time you click, you will get a new question. Think about it and then click to see if you get the right answer. Let’s begin.

#1 – What do you call 10 millipedes?

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The answer to #1 is centipede.

10 millimeters is the same as just 1 centimeter.

#2 – What book is about 2000 birds who are making fun of each other?

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Answer to #2 – Two kilomockingbirds

Sorry for the bad pun of the Harper Lee novel, To Kill a Mockingbird

#3 – What are 10 rations?

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Answer to #3 – Decorations

OK, 10 is actually deca, but it’s close.

#4 – What is 1 million phones?

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Answer to #4 – A megaphone.

Mega is 106 or 1 million of something.

#5 – So what then is 2 megacycles?

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Answer to #5 – A million bicycles!

Stay with me, they get better. Maybe

#6 What is 1,000,000,000,000 pins?

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Answer to #6 – A Terrapin.

Terra is the prefix for 1012. A Terrapin is a turtle and the mascot for the University of Maryland.

#7 – What is left went a piece of hard candy is cut into 100 pieces?

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Answer to #7 – A sentiment.

Spelling here is different, centi – mint

#8 – Bill bought a bottle of mouth wash that lasted 1000 days. How much did he use each day?

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Answer to #8 – He used a microscope

Scope is a brand of mouthwash. Check your breath, you might need it.

#9 – 2 places for a boat to land.

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Answer to #9 – A paradox.

OK, a pair is not metric, but it works. Actually my paradox is I’m out of metric puns. So try this last one!

#10 – 3 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Harvard.

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Anwer to #10 – I. V. League.

An I.V. is surgical tubing. A League is 3 miles. Harvard is an Ivy League school.

OK, it’s over!!