1. Systeme Internationale Units of Measurement
Meter
Length
Liter
Volume
Gram
Weight or Mass

2. How to remember different lengths in the metric system:
When you think of a millimeter (mm) think of:
The thickness of a dime.
When you think of a centimeter (cm) think of:
The width of your pinky.

3. How to remember different lengths in the metric system:
When you think of a meter (m) think of:
The height of the doorknob.
When you think of a kilometer (km) think of:
A little more than half of a mile

4. How to understand the ruler:
One side has inches (duh!)
The other side is the metric side.
The big numbers represent centimeters
The smaller lines represent millimeters.
How many millimeters are in a centimeter? 10

5. How to remember different volumes in the metric system:
When you think of a liter (L) think of:
About the size of a bottle of water.
When you think of 5 milliliters (mL) think of:
One teaspoon
When you think of 2 kiloliters (kL) think of:
A hot tub

6. How to remember different masses in the metric system:
When you think of a gram (g) think of:
A paper clip
When you think of a kilogram (kg) think of:
A little more than 2 pounds.

7. Measurement Conversions to Know:
1 m = 100 cm
1 cm = 10 mm
1 m = 1,000 mm
1 km = 1,000 m
1 m = 1,000,000μm
1 g = 100 cg
1 cg = 10 mg
1 g = 1,000 mg
1 kg = 1,000 g
1 L = 100 cL
1 cL = 10 mL
1 L = 1,000 mL
1 kL = 1,000 L

8. What is the order of the metric system?
King Henry Died by Drinking Chocolate Milk
King: Kilo
Henry: Hecto
Died: Deca
By: Base (m, L, g)
Drinking: Deci
Chocolate: Centi
Milk: Milli

9. How to convert within the metric system:
Example 1: to convert 3 meters into decimeters, multiply 3 by 10 one time.
3 m = 3* 10 dm = 30 dm
Example 2: to convert 7 hectoliters into milliliters, multiply 7 by 10 five times.
7 hL = 7 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 mL = 700,000 mL

10. Now you try: 7 km = __________ m 6 g = __________ cg
9.15 kL = __________ L
6.25 kg = __________ mg
14.2 m = __________ cm

11. How to convert within the metric system:
Example 3: to convert 6 grams into kilograms, divide 6 by 10 three times.
6 g = 6 ÷ 10 ÷ 10 ÷ 10 kg = kg
Example 2: to convert 17 millimeters into centimeters, divide 17 by 10 one time.
17 mm = 17 ÷ 10 cm = 1.7 cm

12. Now you try: 14 mL = __________ L 3.97 g = __________ kg
915 L = __________ kL
45 mg = __________ dag
10 m = __________ dam

13. 13 kg = ________ g
0.013
390
13,000
1,300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

14. 240 mL = _______ L
240,000
2.4 8
0.24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30