1. Metric Conversions Move the decimal to the left. kilo- hecto- deka-
Base
Unit
deci-
centi-
milli-
Move the decimal to the right.

2. Examples
3 m = _____ cm
300
1. Locate meters on the steps.
2. Move two steps to the right to get to centimeters.
3. Move the decimal point two places to the right adding
zeros as needed.
3 = 3.00
3.00
30.0
300.

3. Examples
19 g = _______ mg
19 000
1. Locate grams on the steps.
2. Move three steps to the right to get to milligrams.
3. Move the decimal point three places to the right adding
zeros as needed.
19.
190.
1900.
19000.

4. Examples
3.9 km = _____ m
3 900
1. Locate kilometers on the steps.
2. Move three steps to the right to get to meters.
3. Move the decimal point three places to the right adding
zeros as needed.
3.9
39.
390.
3900.

5. Examples
9 000 mm = _____ m 9
1. Locate millimeters on the steps.
2. Move three steps to the left to get to meters.
3. Move the decimal point three places to the left adding
zeros as needed.
9 000.
900.0
90.00
9.000

6. Examples
500 mg = _____ g
0.5
1. Locate milligrams on the steps.
2. Move three steps to the left to get to grams.
3. Move the decimal point three places to the left adding
zeros as needed.
500.
50.0
5.00
.500

7. Examples
19 m = _____ km
0.019
1. Locate meters on the steps.
2. Move three steps to the left to get to kilometers.
3. Move the decimal point three places to the left adding
zeros as needed.
19.
1.9
.19
.019

8. Metric Mania Conversion Practice1
1 000
1 000 mg = _____ g 1 L = _____ mL
160 cm = _____ mm 14 km = _____ m
109 g = _____ kg 250 m = _____ km
1 600
14 000
0.109
0.25
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10. Metric Conversions 3 km = __________ m 3 000 7 000 m = __________ km
30 mm = __________ cm
1100 cm = __________ m
5 cm = __________ mm
g = __________ kg
9 kg = __________ g
90 mg = __________ cg
6 g = __________ mg
mL = __________ L
2 L = __________ kL
150 mm = __________ cm
3 kg = __________ g
5.5 cm = __________ mm
6.7 km = __________ m
2.5 L = __________ mL
0.25 L = __________ mL 7
Metric
Conversions 3 11 50 4
9 000 9
6 000 10
0.002 15
3 000 55
6 700
2 500
250