The metric System Converting units within the metric

The metric System Converting units within the metric system Converting units within the imperial system Converting between metric and imperial

Metric Lengths The diameter of a shirt button is about 1 cm 10 mm in a cm There are …… There are 100 …… cm in a m The width of a paper clip is about 1 cm

Metric Lengths 1 metre The height from the floor to a door handle is usually approximately 1 metre 100 cm in a m There are ……… There are 1000 ……… m in a km

How Much? The height of the average man is: What is this height in metres? 176 cm The height of the average woman is: 164 cm The world’s tallest man was: 2 metres 29 cm What is this height in metres?

How much? From Notre Dame it is…. to Oxfam in Broomhill 1 km 1 Km = 1. 60934 miles 8 Km = 5 miles The length of a football pitch is: 100 m which is: 0. 1 km

How much? The height of the Eiffel tower: 300 m This is equivalent to: 3 foot ball pitches

How much? The diameter of a compact disc: The width of a match is: 2 mm 120 mm

The metric system n Units of length How many millimetres are there is a m? 1000 How many cm in a km? 100000 How many mm in a km? 1000000

The metric system mm cm m km

Converting in the metric system Change each of these lengths into cm a) 3 m b) 0. 7 m c) 3 km e) 70 mm f) 3. 2 m g) 6. 71 mm h) 20 m i) 5. 2 m j) 6 mm k) 300 km d) 5. 4 km i) 1. 2 mm

Converting in the metric system Change each of these lengths into m a) 4 km b) 0. 75 km c) 3. 2 km d) 5. 4 km e) 400 cm f) 10000 mm g) 19 km h) 70 cm i) 12 km j) 2430 cm k) 8. 1 cm i) 3000 mm

Converting in the metric system Convert… a) 7 cm into mm h) 400 cm into m b) 243 m into cm i) 2800 cm into km c) 0. 8 m into mm j) 104 200 cm into km d) 159 km into m k) 56 mm into m e) 24 m into cm l) 320 mm into cm f) 0. 432 km into m m) 8000 m into km g) 9. 3 mm into cm n) 241 cm into m

The Imperial System inches feet yards miles

Converting imperial units Convert the following into feet a) 4 yards b) 300 yards e) 24 inches f) 1240 yards g) 7 miles 3 yards h) 144 inches i) 80 yards j) 120 inches k) 8 yards 1 foot l) 5 1/3 yards c) 6 yards 2 feet d) 3 miles

Converting imperial units Convert…. a) 7 feet into inches b) 2 yards into feet c) 30 miles into yards d) 60 inches into feet e) 3520 yards into miles f) 8 yards 1 foot into feet g) 15 miles 129 yards into yards h) 5104 yards into miles and yards j) 21 120 yards into miles i) 78 inches into feet and inches k) 3421 feet into yards and feet