Starter quiz
- Which of the following are not units of capacity?
- litre
- centilitre
- kilogram ✓
- millilitre
- metre ✓
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- Match the appropriate unit to each object.
- The length of a ruler is 15⇔cm ✓
- The mass of cookie is 15⇔grams ✓
- The capacity of a sink is 15⇔litres ✓
- The length of a lorry is 15⇔metres ✓
- When measuring length, mass and capacity; the standard metric units are metre, gram and __________.
- 'litre' ✓
- Instead of saying 1000 grams, you could say __________.
- 1 kg ✓
- 10 kg
- kg
- kg
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- What is the place value of the 7 in 172.5 kg?
- ones
- tens ✓
- hundreds
- tenths
- hundredths
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- Using place value and the meaning of the prefix, which of these is equivalent to 4 kilometres?
- 0.004 m
- m
- 400 m
- 4000 m ✓
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Exit quiz
- Complete the sentence: "one kilogram is equal to ________"
- 100 grams
- 1000 grams ✓
- gram
- gram
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- 10 litres is equal to __________ millilitres?
- '10 000' ✓
- Starting with the smallest, put these distances in order of size.
- 1⇔1 mm
- 2⇔1 cm
- 3⇔1 m
- 4⇔10 m
- 5⇔0.1 km
- 6⇔1 km
- Which of these is heavier than 1.05 kg?
- 1006 g
- 106 g
- 10.6 g
- 1060 g ✓
- 1600 g ✓
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- Match the distances with their correct conversions.
- 35 m⇔3500 cm ✓
- 35 km⇔35 000 m ✓
- 35 cm⇔350 mm ✓
- 0.35 km⇔350 m ✓
- The distance from Land's End (in Cornwall) to John O'Groats (in Scotland) is 970 km. Which of these are equivalent distances?
- 9700 m
- 97 000 m
- 970 000 m ✓
- 97 000 000 cm ✓
- 970 000 000 cm
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- In order to compare metric measures, conversion may be necessary.
- Metric measures can be converted by using place value.
- Real-world examples can help us see if the conversions have the correct magnitude.
Common misconception
Kilo gram is 1000 bigger than a gram, so 40 g = 1000 x 40 kg
Kilo gram is 1000 bigger than a gram so 1 kg = 1000 g.
Keywords
Metric - Metric units are based around the standard units of metre, gram and litre.
Prefix - A prefix is a group of letters attached to the front of a root (word) to make a new word, for example tricycle.
Centi - Centi placed before a unit means (1/100)
Milli - Milli placed before a unit means (1/1000)
Kilo - Kilo placed before a unit means 1000 times.
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