Mass: Base unit = gram Paperclip = 1 gram Puppy = 1 kg 100 pounds= kg

Length: Base unit = meter Baseball bat = 1 meter Distance from the floor to a doorknob= 1 meter Width of a paper clip = 1 cm The thickness of a dime = 1mm 1 km= 0.6 miles

Volume: Base unit = liter 1 liter 2 liter 1 liter = 1000 ml

Converting Units Remember this mnemonic: King Henry Doesn't Usually Drink Chocolate Milk

Then make this ladder

Abbreviations How would you write these? Kilogram Kg Hectoliter HL Dekagram Dag decigram  dg millimeter  mm Meter mm

Set up your ladder and use the ladder method to convert

Lets try a basic one. Big unit to smaller unit Follow along on your white board 1Kg = ? Hg KILO K Units HECTO H Units DEKA Da Units DECI d Unit CENTI c Unit MILLI m Unit meters Liters grams So, move your decimal 1 place to the right.

Lets try a basic one. Big unit to smaller unit Follow along on your white board 1Kg = 10Hg KILO K Units HECTO H Units DEKA Da Units DECI d Unit CENTI c Unit MILLI m Unit meters Liters grams 1 So, move your decimal 1 place to the right.

Lets try a basic one. Big unit to smaller unit Follow along on your white board 1Kg = ? Dag KILO K Units HECTO H Units DEKA Da Units DECI d Unit CENTI c Unit MILLI m Unit meters Liters grams 2 1 So, move your decimal 2 place to the right.

Lets try a basic one. Big unit to smaller unit Follow along on your white board 1Kg = 100 Dag KILO K Units HECTO H Units DEKA Da Units DECI d Unit CENTI c Unit MILLI m Unit meters Liters grams 2 1 So, move your decimal 2 place to the right.

Lets try a basic one. Big unit to smaller unit Follow along on your white board KILO K Units HECTO H Units DEKA Da Units DECI d Unit CENTI c Unit MILLI m Unit meters Liters grams So, move your decimal 3 place to the right. 1Kl = ? Liters

Lets try a basic one. Big unit to smaller unit Follow along on your white board 1Kl = 1000L KILO K Units HECTO H Units DEKA Da Units DECI d Unit CENTI c Unit MILLI m Unit meters Liters grams So, move your decimal 3 place to the right.

Lets try a basic one. Small unit to a bigger one. Follow along on your white board 10 mm = ? cm KILO K Units HECTO H Units DEKA Da Units DECI d Unit CENTI c Unit MILLI m Unit meters Liters grams 1 So, move your decimal 1 place to the LEFT.

Lets try a basic one. Small unit to bigger unit Follow along on your white board 10 mm = 1 cm KILO K Units HECTO H Units DEKA Da Units DECI d Unit CENTI c Unit MILLI m Unit meters Liters grams So, move your decimal 1 place to the left.

Lets try a another one. Small unit to a bigger one. Follow along on your white board 100 cl = ? DaL KILO K Units HECTO H Units DEKA Da Units DECI d Unit CENTI c Unit MILLI m Unit meters Liters grams So, move your decimal 3 place to the LEFT.

Lets try a another one. Small unit to bigger unit Follow along on your white board 100 cL = 0.1 DaL KILO K Units HECTO H Units DEKA Da Units DECI d Unit CENTI c Unit MILLI m Unit meters Liters grams So, move your decimal 3 place to the left.

Now, refer to your metric worksheet

____8____cm = ___80____mm

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