Metrics

A	B	C	D	Question:
				1. How did scientists invent the meter?
				A. Measured the volume of one thousand cc of water B. Measured the earth and divided it in sections C. Measured the mass of 1 cc of water D. Measured the length from their fingertips to their elbows
				2. What is the centigrade scale based on?
				A. Body temperature B. Average weather C. Melting and boiling points of water D. Nothing really. They made it up.
				3. How would you best describe the volume of a liter of water?
				A. The size of a bathtub B. A little bigger than a gallon C. A little bigger than a can of soda D. Smaller than a tablespoon
				4. Estimate the mass of a science textbook
				A. About a kilogram B. About a gram C. About a milligram D. None of the above
				5. Estimate the mass of one gram
				A. The weight of an elephant B. The weight of a person C. The weight of a book D. The weight of a paperclip
				6. Which of the following are smaller than a decimeter?
				A. Kilometer B. Dekameter C. Meter D. Centimeter
				7. If a meter has a value of one (1) and a kilometer has a value of a thousand (1000), what is the value of a decimeter?
				A. 10 B. 1/10 C. 1/100 D. 1/1000
				8. How did scientists invent the liter?
				A. Measured the volume of one thousand cc of water B. Measured the earth and divided it in sections C. Measured the mass of 1 cc of water D. Measured the length from their fingertips to their elbows
				9. How would you best describe a gram of sugar?
				A. A speck B. A bag C. A cup D. A cube
				10. Estimate the height of a door
				A. Two meters B. Five centimeters C. One millimeter D. Ten kilometers
				11. Estimate 1 centimeter
				A. Length from the nose to the chin B. Width of a hand C. Length of a leg D. Width of the little toe
				12. What is the metric prefix ten times larger than milli?
				A. deka B. centi C. hecto D. deci
				13. Why are people in the U.S. more familiar with liters than they were 15 years ago?
				A. Soda pop B. Superior American education C. International awareness D. Hatred for the old system
				14. What would you best use to measure the volume of vinegar in your salad dressing?
				A. meter B. liter C. gram D. celcius
				15. If kiloliter is 1000 and liter is 1, what is centi?
				A. 100 B. 10 C. 1/10 D. 1/100
Conversions
				16. Convert 100 kilometers into meters
				A. 10 B. .1 C. 10,000 D. other
				17. Convert 100 centigrams into grams
				A. 10,000 B. 1,000 C. .1 D. other
				18. Convert 570 grams into hectograms
				A. 5.70 B. 57 C. 57,000 D. other
				19. Convert 23 dekaliters into deciliters
				A. .23 B. 230 C. 2300 D. other
				20. Change 1986 centimeters into kilometers
				A. 19.86 B. .1986 C. 198,600 D. other
				21. Convert .0042 hectometers into centimeters
				A. .42 B. 42 C. 4200 D. other
				22. Change .082073 kiloliters into liters
				A. 8.2073 B. 820.73 C. .0082073 D. other
				23. Change 132 millimeters into meters
				A. 132,000 B. 13,200 C. .132 D. other
				24. Convert 5.8 liters into centiliters
				A. 580 B. 5800 C. .58 D. other
				25. .872 liters is how many milliliters?
				A. 87.2 B. 872 C. .00872 D. other
				26. A mile is about 1.61 kilometers. How many meters?
				A. 1610 B. 16,100 C. .0161 D. other
				27. One pound is 453.58 grams. How many kilograms is one pound?
				A. 45.358 B. 4.5358 C. .45358 D. other
				28. A pint is just about .47 liters. How many centiliters is that?
				A. 4700 B. 4.7 C. .0047 D. other
				29. This test is really getting tedious and annoying, isn't it?
				A. Yes, frankly, it is. B. No, I could go a few more rounds. C. No kidding yes! I died three problems ago! D. Oh no, Miss Lowe, I could never get tired of your homework.
				30. Each person drinks 500 milliliters of punch. How many 2 liter bottles would a class of 20 need?
				A. 5 B. 10 C. 25 D. other

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