REVIEW OF UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

Name:_______________________________________________________
Units of Length
Millimetres Centimetres Decimetres Metres Dekametres Hectometres Kilometres
(mm)
(cm)
(dm)
(m)
(dam)
(hm)
(Km)

Units of Area
Square
Square
Square
Square Square
Square
Square
millimetres centimetres decimetres metres dekametres hectometres kilometres
(mm2)
(cm2)
(dm2)
(m2)
(dam2)
(hm2)
(Km2)
Units of Liquid Volume
Millilitres
(mL)

Centilitres
(cL)

Decilitres
(dL)

Litres
(L)

Dekalitres
(daL)

Hectolitres
(hL)

Kilolitres
(kL)

Units of Volume
Cubic
Cubic
Cubic
millimetres centimetres decimeters
(mm3)
(cm3)
(dm3)

Cubic
meter
(m3)

Cubic
Cubic
Cubic
dekametres hectometres kilometres
(dam2)
(hm2)
(Km2)

Units of Mass
milligrams
(mg)

centigram
(cg)

decigram
(dg)

gram
(g)

dekagram
(dag)

hectogram
(hg)

kilogram
(kg)

1. Convert the follwing measurements into the indicated

units:
a) 0,05 km = __________ cm
e) 2,8 L = __________ cL
b) 5,38 dam = __________ mm
f) 842 mg = __________ dag
c) 7,5 cL = __________ mL
g) 54 000 g = __________ kg
d) 2 456 mm = __________ m
h) 0,2587 hL = __________ cL
2. Convert the following units into square metres:
a) 0,05 a
d) 0,008 km2
2
b) 70 000 mm
e) 2 400 cm2
c) 52 ha
f) 25,4 hm2
3. Juan cooked 40 identical cakes using 8,2 dekagrams of
flour. How many grams of flour does each cake contain?

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4. Choose the more suitable unit to measure the following:

a) Laura wants to measure the area of her living room.
b) Silvia has squeezed some orange to make some juice and has
poured it into a bottle.
c) John wants to know the distance between Mlaga and Crdoba.
d) Rosa looked up the amount of sugar she needs to make a cake in a
recipe book .
e) Every day, a great deal of fish is moved at Malaga port.
5. Fill in the next table:
Liquid volume

Area
2

Volume
m

1 km

m3

1 kL

L 1 km

1 daL

L 1 dam2

m2 1 dam3

m3

1 cL

L 1 cm2

m2 1 cm3

m3

1 mL

L 1 mm2

m2 1 mm3

m3

6. Complete the following:

a) 3 km 5 hm 6 dam =
_________ km

b) 2 hg 3 dag 5 g = _________
dag

7. Convert the following measurements into cubic

decimetres:
a) 8 kL = _________
b) 3,5 daL = _________

c) 5 000 dL = _________

8. Complete the following:

a) 6 kL 2 hL 4 daL 2 L = __________ L
b) 3 km 7 dam 5 m 6 dm = __________ dm
c) 5 kg 3 hg 4 dag 6 g = __________ g
9. A truck transports 3m3 of oil, which will be sold for 2,45
/L. What is the total cost of all the oil transported by the
truck?

10. Marta is travelling to London, and she wants to spend

120 there. If 1 = 0,90, How many euros will she need to
change to receive 120?

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