Metric Mania: Understanding Prefixes

A Grade 6 science worksheet to help students understand and apply metric prefixes in measurements.

Grade 6 Science Units and MeasurementMetric Prefixes

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Fill in the BlanksMultiple ChoiceShort AnswerTrue / FalseMatchingWord Bank

Standards

5-PS1-1MS-PS1-2

Topics

metric systemprefixesmeasurementsciencegrade 6

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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.

liter

gram

meter

volume

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.