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1. Unit Prefixes for Distance

A. Write out each of these lengths in metres (e.g. 1 km = 1000 m)

1) 1 km = 1 000 m

2) 2 km = 2 000 m

3) 10 km = 10 000 m

4) 15 km = 15 000 m

5) 3 km = 3 000 m

6) 3.5 km = 3 500 m

7) 3.05 km = 3 050 m

8) 3.005 km = 3005 m

9) 0.5 km = 500 m

10) 0.01 km = 10 m

11) 0.002 km = 2 m

12) 120.6 km =120 600 m

B. Convert centimetres to metres.

1) 100 cm = 1 m

2) 1000 cm = 10 m

3) 1500 cm = 15 m

4) 2000 cm = 20 m

5) 200 cm = 2 m

6) 20 cm = 0.2 m

7) 2 cm = 0.02 m

8) 0.2 cm = 0.002 m

9) 12.38 cm = 0.1238 m

C. Convert millimetres to metres.

1) 1000 mm = 1 m

2) 400 mm = 0.4 m

3) 470 mm = 0.47 m

4) 368 mm = 0.368 m

5) 10 000 mm = 10 m

6) 21 400 mm = 21.4 m

7) 10 mm = 0.01 m

8) 1 mm = 0.001 m

9) 0.4 mm = 0.000 4 m

D. Convert micrometers to metres.

1) 1 000 000 mm = 1 m

2) 2 000 000 mm = 2 m

3) 5 000 000 mm = 5 m

4) 100 000 mm = 0.1 m

5) 20 000 mm = 0.02 m

6) 3 000 mm = 0.003 m

7) 400 mm = 0.000 4 m

8) 60 mm = 0.000 06 m

9) 8 mm = 0.000 008 m

10) 1 mm = 0.000 001 m

11) 0.1 mm = 0.000 000 1 m

12) 164 mm = 0.000 164 m