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-Metric Conversion Pre-Test-

You will not need your calculator for this pre-test. The number line above will help you decide how many decimal places to move the decimal in your original number. Notice that the number line is universal. That is, you can use it to convert grams, liters, and meters. (The letter "U" stands for grams, liters, or meters.)

Work through all the problems. (You can't fill the blanks in on this page. Use paper.) Then click the Key link at the end of each problem to see how well you did.

1) Change 45 dekagrams to centigrams. ________

2) Change 697 milliliters to liters. ________

3) 0.0798 grams is how many milligrams? _________

4) 95,820,000 millimeters is how many kilometers? _________

5) 15 deciliters is how many liters? _________

6) Change 27 hg to dag. ________

7) Change 320 cm to km. ________

8) Change 0.48 daL to dL. ________

9) Change 3.7 cg to mg. ________

10) Change 0.3846 kg to mg. ________

Key:

1) 45,000 cg

2) 0.697 L

3) 79.8 mg

4) 95.82 km

5) 1.5 L

6) 270 dag

7) 0.0032 km

8) 48 dL

9) 37 mg

10) 384,600 mg