Lesson # 15

Metric Conversions(Linear)

The best way to convert

Metric measurements…

Is

To

Understand

Them !

For Example…

To convert 2 kilometers to millimeters…

It would help if …

You understood how big each unit is!

A kilometer…

Is a bit of a long walk,

As a matter of a fact,

It is 1000 steps,

If each step is 1 meter long!

On the other hand…

A millimeter is quite small,

About as long as

A pencil’s lead is thick.

There are 10 of them in one centimeter,

And 1000 of them in

One meter!

Speaking of “centimeters”…

They are about as long as…

Your fingernail is …wide.

And

There are 100 of them in a meter !

So to convert metric measurements…Think about the units…

If you go from Bigger to Smaller…

you will have to multiply!

But if you convert from Smaller to Bigger…

You will have to

Divide.

Lets look at some examples…

Convert 23.4 cm to millimeters.

23.4 cm = ? mm

23.4 X ? = ? mm

Times by 10

(because there are 10 mm in 1 cm)

Therefore

23.4 X 10 =

234 mm

Another example…

Convert 0.25 m to kms.

Difficult ?

Watch…

0.25 m = ? km

0.25 ÷ ? = ? Km

÷ by 1000 right

(Because there are 1000 m in 1 km)

Soooooo…

0.25 must be divided by 1000

Which means…

0.25 m = 0.0025 km!

Yahoo.

Going from Smaller to Bigger…

Divide !

÷

Got it ?

Going from Bigger to Smaller

Multiply!

And now…

Ten questions

For

Your viewing

Pleasure !

Get Ready

Get Set

Go !

Question # 1

246 km = ? m

Question # 2

135 mm = ? cm

Question # 3

468 mm = ? m

Question # 4

579 m = ? cm

Question # 5

24.8 m = ? cm

Question # 6

75.3 m = ? km

Question # 7

28.2 cm = ? mm

Question # 8

1.79 km = ? m

Question # 9

0.345 cm = ? m

Question # 10

0.768 km = ? mm

And now the answers.

Prepare

Yourself !

Question # 1

246 km = ? M

246 000

Question # 2

135 mm = ? Cm

13.5

Question # 3

468 mm = ? M

0.0468

Question # 4

579 m = ? Cm

57 900

Question # 5

24.8 m = ? Cm

2480

Question # 6

75.3 m = ? Km

0.0753

Question # 7

28.2 cm = ? Mm

282

Question # 8

1.79 km = ? M

1790

Question # 9

0.345 cm = ? M

0.00 345

Question # 10

0.768 km = ? Cm

768 000

The

End

Remember…

The

P

Word…

Practice !