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Kilogram. A unit of mass in the metric system equal to 1,000 grams is a kilogram.. How many kilograms. Alex needs to have 8,000 grams of flour to make a cake for the county fair. She decides that she needs to know how many kilograms are in a gram because she needs to measure in kilograms. Her meas
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1. Kilograms
2. Kilogram A unit of mass in the metric system equal to 1,000 grams is a kilogram.
3. How many kilograms Alex needs to have 8,000 grams of flour to make a cake for the county fair. She decides that she needs to know how many kilograms are in a gram because she needs to measure in kilograms. Her measuring cup measures one kilogram at a time. How many kilograms will she use if she needs 8,000 grams?
4. Use the StrategyMaking it Simpler First you would find out how many grams make up a kilogram. There are 1,000 grams in a kilogram.
Second you would divide 8,000 divided by 1,000 to find how many kilograms that would make.
Then you have the answer of how many kilograms Alex needs to make her cake.
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