Grade 12 Metric Unit Conversion Worksheet

Grade 12 Metric Unit Conversion

Read each question carefully and convert the given measurements to the specified units. Show all your work for full credit.

1. To convert from kilometers to meters, you must   by 1000.

2. 1 liter is equivalent to   milliliters.

3. There are 1000 kilograms in one  .

4. When converting from a smaller unit to a larger unit, you typically  .

5. Convert 2.5 kilometers to centimeters.

6. A chemical reaction requires 500 milliliters of solution. How many liters is this?

7. A truck has a mass of 4.3 metric tons. What is its mass in grams?

8. Which of the following is equivalent to 0.075 meters?

9. How many decigrams are in 2.3 kilograms?

10. 1000 micrometers is equal to 1 millimeter.

11. A volume of 1 cubic centimeter is equivalent to 1 milliliter.

12. A scientist measures a bacterial colony to be 1500 micrometers in diameter. Express this measurement in millimeters and then in meters.

13. A recipe calls for 0.75 deciliters of milk. If you only have a measuring cup marked in centiliters, how many centiliters of milk should you use?

14. Using the provided image of a metric ruler, if an object measures 4.7 cm, what is its length in millimeters and meters?