Conversion of Units Capacity and Volume

These are 1 dimensional…so each step moves the decimal 1 place Units of capacity dL hL daL L kL cL mL DIVIDE by 10 going up MULTIPLY by 10 going down

These are 3 dimensional…so each step moves the decimal 3 places Units of volume dm3 hm3 dam3 m3 km3 cm3 mm3 DIVIDE by 1000 for each step going UP MULTIPLY by 1000 for each step going DOWN

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Units of capacity and volume The ONLY way to go from one side to the other is over a bridge…NO OTHER WAY dm3 hm3 dam3 m3 km3 cm3 mm3 Montreal dL hL daL L kL cL mL Mercier South Shore Champlain What is equivalent ? 1 kL = 1 m3 1 L = 1 dm3 1 mL = 1 cm3 Jacques Cartier

Practise converting units Workbook VOLUME Page 190 #2 Page 191 #3, 4,5,6 To add different units, you MUST put them ALL in ONE UNIT first before you add or subtract them. Workbook CAPACITY Page 192 #9,10,11,12

Conversions between Capacity and Volume Textbook page 154 # 6,7 page 155 # 8,9,10,11 Remember...put everything into the SAME unit first !!!!