Which of the following sets of three units are all metric measurements of length?

A) inch, foot, yard

B) kilometer, centimeter, millimeter

C) kilogram, gram, centigram

D) kilometer, foot, decimeter

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A) inch, foot, yard
Incorrect. Although these units do measure length, they are all units of measurement from
the U.S. customary system. The correct answer is kilometer, centimeter, millimeter.

B) kilometer, centimeter, millimeter

Correct. All of these measurements are from the metric system. You can tell they are
measurements of length because they all contain the word meter.

C) kilogram, gram, centigram

Incorrect. These measurements are from the metric system, but they are measurements of
mass, not length. The correct answer is kilometer, centimeter, millimeter.

D) kilometer, foot, decimeter

Incorrect. Kilometer and decimeter are metric units of length, but foot is not. The correct
answer is kilometer, centimeter, millimeter.