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Metric Map “Use it and you will never get lost!”. UNITS Gram Liter Meter UNITS. Kilo. Hecto. Deka. deci. centi. milli. How To Use Your Map Start at the unit/prefix given to you ( starting point ).
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Metric Map “Use it and you will never get lost!” UNITS Gram Liter Meter UNITS Kilo Hecto Deka deci centi milli • How To Use Your Map • Start at the unit/prefix given to you (starting point). • Count the number of steps/places to the unit/prefix you want (final destination). • Move the decimal point the number of steps/places in the same direction.
Practice Problem 1 How many mg are in 3.6 Kg? Gram Kilo Hecto Deka deci centi milli Starting point Final Destination 3,600,000 mg 6 places to the right of the decimal point
Practice Problem 2 How many hm are in 12.67 mm? Meter Kilo Hecto Deka deci centi milli Final Destination Starting point 0.0001267 hm 5 places to the left of the decimal point
Helpful Acrostic buy! King Hey Does dan cool movies Try to create your own acrostic to help you remember the prefixes and their order. This will be important because you will not receive the metric map on your quiz.