Metric System Conversions. Metric Ladder Metric System Now let’s start from kilometers and convert to millimeters 4 kilometers = 4000000 millimeters.

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Metric System Conversions

Metric Ladder

Metric System Now let’s start from kilometers and convert to millimeters 4 kilometers = millimeters or 4 kilometers = 40 hectometers = 400 decameters = 4000 meters = decimeters = centimeters = millimeters kilo hectodeca meter liter gram deci centimilli

Metric System Now let’s start from meters and convert to centimeters 5 meters = 500 millimeters kilo hectodeca meter liter gram deci centimilli kilo hectodeca meter liter gram deci centimilli Now let’s start from kilometers and convert to meters.3 kilometers = 300 meters

Metric System Now let’s start from centimeters and convert to kilometers centimeters = 4 kilometers centimeters = kilometers kilo hectodeca meter liter gram deci centimilli

Metric System Now let’s start from meters and convert to kilometers 4000 meters = 4 kilometers kilo hectodeca meter liter gram deci centimilli kilo hectodeca meter liter gram deci centimilli Now let’s start from centimeters and convert to meters 4000 centimeters = 40 meters

You Try mm = _______ cm m = _______ km 1.5 kg = _______ g

How’d You Do? mm = _12_ cm m = __41_ km 1.5 kg = _5000_ g