CONVERSIONS

Conversions Complete the following equalities: 1 year = ____ months 1 tricycle = ____wheels 1 alphabet= ____ letters 1 dollar= ____ pennies Now complete these equalities: 4 years = _____ months ____ tricycles = 27 wheels 2 alphabets = ____ letters ____ dollars = 550 pennies

Conversions with Metric Units 1 kg = ____ g 1 mL = ____ cm3 1 m = ____ cm 1 L = ____ mL 1 g = ____ mg 1 m = ____ mm 1 cm = ____ mm

The Long and Short of It Use your book, partner, or prior knowledge to attempt to complete this sheet. You have 5 minutes….GO!

Metric Prefixes Prefix Abbreviation Meaning Notation Giga- Mega- Kilo- Centi- Milli- Micro- Nano-

Metric Units Unit of Measure Abbreviation Measures Gram Mass Milligram Kilogram Meter Millimeter Centimeter Squared centimeters Cubic centimeters Liter Milliliter

Full List of Metric Prefixes Multiplication factor (scientific notation) Prefix        Symbol     (1024) yotta Y (1021) zetta Z (1018) exa E (1015) peta P (1012) tera T 1 000 000 000 (109) giga G 1 000 000 (106) mega M 1000 (103) kilo k 100 (102) hecto h 10 (101) deka da 0.1 (10-1) deci d 0.01 (10-2) centi c 0.001 (10-3) milli m 0.000 001 (10-6) micro µ 0.000 000 001 (10-9) nano n (10-12) pico p (10-15) femto f (10-18) atto a (10-21) zepto z (10-24) yocto y Full List of Metric Prefixes

Metric Dollars 100 dollars 1 hectodollar 1x102 10 dollars 1 dekadollar 1 dime 1 decidollar 1X10-1 1 cent 1 centidollar 1X10-2

Conversions with Metric Units Multiplying gives bigger number but smaller unit Dividing gives smaller number, but bigger unit 1 kg = ____ g 1 mL = ____ cm3 1 m = ____ cm 1 L = ____ mL 1 g = ____ mg 1 m = ____ mm 1 cm = ____ mm 2 kg = ____ g ____ mL = 42 cm3 5 m = ____ cm _____ L = 3,000 mL 2 g = ____ mg ______ m = 1,200 mm 875 cm = ____ mm

It gets more complicated….. The height of a building is 553m tall. How many kilometers is that?

Try this… The mass of an object is 35 kg. What is the objects mass in grams?

Try this… Your next class is 0.0748 kilometers away. How many meters will you need to walk to get there?

You can use this set-up with multiple unit conversions. Convert 51.3 kg to milligrams.

Try this… Convert 97 kilometers into centimeters.

Try this……CHALLENGE!! Convert 186 days into seconds