Metric Mania: Understanding Prefixes
A Grade 6 science worksheet to help students understand and apply metric prefixes in measurements.
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Metric Mania: Understanding Prefixes
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Pay close attention to the metric prefixes!
1. The prefix "kilo-" means times the base unit.
2. The prefix "centi-" means of the base unit.
3. There are 1000 in 1 meter.
4. A is one-thousandth of a gram.
5. "Deci-" means .
6. Which prefix means 1000?
centi-
milli-
kilo-
deci-
7. How many meters are in 2 kilometers?
8. A centimeter is larger than a millimeter.
True
False
Match the prefix with its correct meaning.
9. Kilo-
a. One-hundredth
10. Centi-
b. One thousand
11. Milli-
c. One-tenth
12. Deci-
d. One-thousandth
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
13. The base unit for length in the metric system is the .
14. The base unit for mass in the metric system is the .
15. The base unit for in the metric system is the liter.
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