Length in Metric Units

Notes

\({\text{Metric Lengths}}\)
\(\underline{\text{Name}}\) \(\underline{\text{Compared to Meters}}\)
megameter (Mm)
1,000,000 meters
kilometer (km)
1,000 meters
hectometer (hm)
100 meters
meter (m)
1 meter
centimeter (cm)
0.01 or \(\frac{1}{100}\) meters
milliimeter (mm)
0.001 or \(\frac{1}{1{,}000}\) meters
micrometer (μm)
0.000001 or \(\frac{1}{1{,}000{,}000}\) meters
nanometer (nm)
0.000000001 or \(\frac{1}{1{,}000{,}000{,}000}\) meters


Practice Problems

\(\small{\textbf{1)}}\) \(9\) kilometers \(= \text{____}\) meters
\(\small{\textbf{2)}}\) \(4\) meters \(= \text{____}\) millimeters
\(\small{\textbf{3)}}\) \(200\) centimeters \(= \text{____}\) meters
\(\small{\textbf{4)}}\) \(4\) hectometers \(= \text{____}\) meters
\(\small{\textbf{5)}}\) \(7{,}000{,}000\) micrometers \(= \text{____}\) meters
\(\small{\textbf{6)}}\) \(5\) meters \(= \text{____}\) centimeters
\(\small{\textbf{7)}}\) \(10\) kilometers \(= \text{____}\) meters
\(\small{\textbf{8)}}\) \(8{,}000\) meters \(= \text{____}\) hectometers
\(\small{\textbf{9)}}\) \(50\) meters \(= \text{____}\) centimeters
\(\small{\textbf{10)}}\) \(100\) centimeters \(= \text{____}\) meters
\(\small{\textbf{11)}}\) \(3{,}000{,}000{,}000\) nanometers \(= \text{____}\) meters

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