1. Metric System
2.5 “I can make conversions within the same measurement system while performing computations.”

2. Why is this important for you to know?
Does anyone ever plan on leaving the United States and traveling to Europe or Canada (Niagara Falls)?
How would driving in Canada be different?
Can anyone think of times in the United States when we use the metric system?
Or any items that we purchase that involve the metric system.
Does anyone know how far a marathon is?

3. Vocabulary Convert - to _______ into another form.
Example: Man to Spider Man
Meter - __________
Liter - ____________
Gram - ___________

4. Metric System Table

5. Big Stuff / Small Stuff
Kilo
Meter
Liter
Gram
deci
milli

6. Big Stuff / Small Stuff
Kilo
Hecto
Meter
Liter
Gram
deci
milli

7. Big Stuff / Small Stuff
Kilo
Hecto
Deca
Meter
Liter
Gram
deci
milli

8. Big Stuff / Small Stuff Kilo Hecto Deca Meter Liter Gram deci centi
milli

9. Rules
When converting to a larger unit, move the _________ point to the ______.
When converting to a small unit, move the decimal point to the ________.

10. King Henry Died Monday Drinking Choc. Milk
Conversion
King Henry Died Monday Drinking Choc. Milk
10 mm = _____ cm
1 cm

11. King Henry Died Monday Drinking Choc. Milk
Convert
100 m = _____ dm
1000. dm

12. 12.5 .45 Practice 12.5 m = __________ hm (hectometers)
.45 dkm = _________ cm (centimeter)
.45

13. What measurement would you use?

14. K H D m D C M
Lisa and Phil ran 3 kilometers on Saturday. How many decameters did they run?
A. 300 dkm
B. 30 dkm
C dkm
D dkm

15. Question?
Chris measures a tree that is meters tall. How tall is the tree in hectometers?
K H D m D C M
A hm
B hm
C hm

16. Question?
Kyle has one bench that is 118 decimeters long and another bench that is 10 meters long. How long would the benches be in meters if they were put together?
A m
B. 128 m
C. 10 m
D m

17. Closing
What did we learn today?
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