Metric Equivalents

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Metric Equivalents

• A can of Coke contains 355 mL. How many liters
  does that equal?
• An apple weighs 0.1 kg. What does it weigh in
  grams or milligrams?
• A Tylenol or aspirin tablet weighs 250 mg. How
  many grams or kilograms is that?

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Summary Metric Equivalents

• To convert from
• Larger metric units to smaller metric units (kg
  ?g ? mg), you multiple by 10 for each move to the
  right.
• Shortcut - move the decimal point 1 space to the
  right (?) for each space you count from the
  FROM unit to the TO unit.

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Summary Metric Equivalents

• To convert from
• Smaller metric units to larger metric units (kg ?
  g ? mg), you divide by 10 for each move to the
  left.
• Shortcut - move the decimal point 1 space to the
  left (?) for each space you count from the FROM
  unit to the TO unit.