1.01 Metric units
Convert the following:
60 \text{ g} to milligrams \text{(mg)}
0.47\text{ g} to milligrams \text{(mg)}
87\text{ mg} to grams \text{(g)}
8505\text{ mg} to grams \text{(g)}
946 \text{ g} to kilograms \text{(kg)}
6.251 \text{ kg} to grams \text{(g)}
3\dfrac{3}{5} \text{ kg} to grams \text{(g)}
8500\text{ kg} to tonnes \text{(t)}
630\text{ kg} to tonnes \text{(t)}
9.272 \text{ t} to kilograms \text{(kg)}
0.493 \text{ t} to kilograms \text{(kg)}
Valerie has fruit everyday for breakfast. Today she consumed 45 cherries, which weighed a total of 180 grams. On average, how many milligrams does one cherry weigh?
True or False: 5\text{ kg} > 5600 \text{ g}
What metric unit represents 'one thousandth of a kilogram'?
Aoife's bag weighs \dfrac{1}{2} of a kilogram. How many grams does the bag weigh?
The cost of mining gold for a mining company is \$840 per gram. How much will it cost the company to mine 0.2 kilograms of gold?
State whether the following units can be used to measure length:
Litres, \text{L}
Centimetres, \text{cm}
Cubic centimetres, \text{cm}^3
Kilometres, \text{km}
Square meters, \text{m}^2
Millimetres, \text{mm}
Convert the following lengths, writing your answer as a decimal:
80 \text{ mm} to centimetres \text{(cm)}
59\text{ mm} to centimetres \text{(cm)}
4\text{ m} to centimetres \text{(cm)}
9.36\text{ m} to centimetres \text{(cm)}
6\dfrac{3}{4}\text{ m} to centimetres \text{(cm)}
9000\text{ m} to kilometres \text{(km)}
4832.1 \text{ m} to kilometres \text{(km)}
6.52\text{ m} to millimetres \text{(mm)}
49.1\text{ cm} to metres \text{(m)}
1402\text{ cm} to metres \text{(m)}
7.66\text{ km} to metres \text{(m)}
\dfrac{4}{5}\text{ km} to metres \text{(m)}
A skyscraper is 961 metres tall. Convert the height of the building to:
Kilometres
Centimetres
Neville is 141 \text{ cm} tall and Rosey is 1.78 \text{ m} tall.
Convert Rosey's height from metres to centimetres.
Who is shorter, Rosey or Neville?
Plant 1 grows 4.8 \text{ cm} in a week, while Plant 2 grows 50 \text{ mm} in the same week.
Which plant grows more in the week?
Convert the following:
3 \text{ m}^2 to square centimetres \left( \text{cm}^2 \right)
Convert the following:
790\,000\,000\text{ cm}^{2} to square kilometres
6 \text{ ha} to square metres
20\,000 \text{ m}^{2} to hectares
8\,750 \text{ m}^{2} to hectares
Find the area of a square of side 290 \text{ cm}, in square metres.
A park has an area measuring 19 acres. Given that 1 acre is approximately 4000 \text{ m}^2, find the area of the park in square metres.
A property covers an area of 4.5 \text{ ha}. Given that 1 \text{ ha} is 10\,000 \text{ m}^2, calculate the following:
The area of the property in square metres.
The area of the property in acres, given that 1 acre is approximately 4000 \text{ m}^2.
A large cattle station covers an area of 320 acres. Given that 1 acre is approximately 0.4 \text{ ha}, and 1 \text{ ha} is 10\,000 \text{ m}^2, calculate the following:
The area of the cattle station in hectares.
The area of the cattle station in square kilometres.
What metric unit represents 'one thousandth of a litre'?
How much water is in the jug shown? Give your answer in litres.
Convert the following:
2000\text{ mL} to litres \text{(L)}
4920\text{ mL} to litres \text{(L)}
240\text{ mL} to litres \text{(L)}
5\text{ kL} to litres \text{(L)}
1.67 \text{ kL} to litres \text{(L)}
0.4\text{ L} to millilitres \text{(mL)}
1.54\text{ L} to millilitres \text{(mL)}
3\dfrac{4}{5}\text{ L} to millilitres \text{(mL)}
84.6\text{ L} to kilolitres \text{(kL)}
1425\text{ L} to kilolitres \text{(kL)}
James drank \dfrac{9}{10} litres of water. How much did he drink in millilitres?
How many 150-millilitre jugs of soda water will be needed to fill a 2.4-litre container?
279 children went on a picnic. Each child drank 400 millilitres of orange juice.
Calculate the number of litres consumed altogether.