Worksheet #3: Metric Conversions Name___________________

Trashun KEY
Lacaillade

Show all work and express your answers in scientific notation.

1. How many milligrams are in ten grams?

1000 mg
? mg = 10 g ! = 1 ! 10 4 mg
1g

2. A metal bar has a length of 3.0 cm, a width of 3.0 cm, and a height of 2.0 cm.
What volume of water, in liters, would the bar displace?

4.0 cm ! 3.0 cm ! 2.0 cm = 24 cm3

1 mL 1L
? L = 24 cm3 ! ! = 2.4 ! 10 -2 L
1 cm3 1000 mL

3. A beaker has a mass of 125 g. What is the mass of this beaker in decigrams?

10 dg
? dg = 125 g ! = 1.25 ! 10 3 dg
1g

4. A liquid is poured into the beaker in question 3, and the mass of the beaker and
liquid is 146 g. What is the mass of the liquid in kilograms?
146 g - 125 g = 21 g
1 kg
? kg =21 g ! = 2.1 ! 10 -2 kg
1000 g

5. A strip of paper has a length of 14 cm. What is the length of the strip of paper
in mm? in km?

1m 1000 mm
? mm = 14 cm ! ! = 1.4 ! 10 2 mm
100 cm 1m
1m 1 km
? km = 14 cm ! ! = 1.4 ! 10 -4 km
100 cm 1000 m

6. Your next-door neighbor has a little girl who is 3 ft, 5 inches tall. What is the
little girl’s height measured in inches? in decimeters?
12 in
? in = 3 ft ! = 36 in 36 in + 5 in = 41 in
1 ft
2.54 cm 1m 10 dm
? dm = 41 in ! ! ! = 1.0 ! 101 dm
1 in 100 cm 1m

CHEMISTRY: A Study of Matter

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