Using the Metrics System
Name: ______________________________
Lab
Period: __________________
The best to become comfortable with the metrics system is to USE it. You need to learn to relate metric
units to the size of familiar objects or distances you can imagine. To accomplish this you will make the
following measurements choosing the appropriate metric units.
A. Personal dimensions:
1. Your height 2. Your weight 3. The length of your foot 4. The distance around your waist 5. The width of your thumbnail 6. The length of your little finger -
Metric measurement
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B. Size of familiar objects:
1. Mass of a large paperclip 2. Mass of a penny 3. Height of lab table 4. Length of classroom 5. Width of the science classroom 6. Volume of a glass of water 7. Volume of a spoon of water -
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C. Measurements taken by an indirect method:
1. Volume of a marble ________________________
2. Mass of 12ml of water ________________________
3. Circumference of your head ________________________
(HINT: string & meter stick)
D. Dimensions which require calculations:
1. Area of classroom 2. Volume of box 3. Thickness of 1 page in your
notebook
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E. Measurements that can be made by more than 1 method:
1. Volume of aluminum cube – (ruler)
2. Volume of aluminum cube –
(Graduated cylinder)
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