Lesson # 16
Metric Conversions
Liquids
10 questions
The best way to convert
Metric measurements…
Is
To
Understand
Them !
For Example…
To convert 2 liters to milliliters…
It would help if …
You understood how big each unit is!
A liter…
Is the size of a bag or carton of milk,
The “bigger” cartons of milk hold 2 liters!
On the other hand…
A milliliter is quite small,
As a matter of fact,
It takes 355 of them (ml) to make
1 can of Coke,
Or Pepsi.
Or whatever!
It takes 1000 milliliters to make
1 liter!
So to convert liquid metric
measurements…
Think about the units…
If you go from Bigger to Smaller…
you will have to multiply!
But if you convert from Smaller
to Bigger…
You will have to
Divide.
Lets look at some examples…
Convert 234 ml to Liters.
234 ml = ? L
Converting “smaller” to bigger means…
Divide
Right.
So divide the 234 by what?
(because there are 1000 ml in 1 L)
You must divide by
1000
Dividing by 1000 can be done by
sliding the decimal…
3 places
To the
Left!
So 234 ml = ? L
234 ÷ 1000 =
0.234
So 234 ml = 0.234 L
Another example…
Convert 0.25 liters to milliliters
Difficult ?
Watch…
0.25 L = ? ml
Bigger to smaller means “multiply”, right.
So “multiply” by what?
Since there are 1000 ml in one Liter…
Multiply by
1000 !
Soooooo…
0.25 must be multiplied by 1000
Which means…
0.25 x 1000 =
250
Yahoo.
Going from Smaller to Bigger…
Divide !
÷
Got it ?
Going from Bigger to Smaller
Multiply!
And now…
Ten questions
For
Your viewing
Pleasure !
Get Ready
Get Set
Go !
Question # 1
246 ml = ? L
Question # 2
135 ml = ? L
Question # 3
468 ml = ? L
Question # 4
579 L = ? ml
Question # 5
24.8 L = ? ml
Question # 6
75.3 ml = ? L
Question # 7
28.2 L = ? ml
Question # 8
1.79 L = ? ml
Question # 9
0.345 ml = ? L
Question # 10
0.768 L = ? ml
And now the answers.
Prepare
Yourself !
Question # 1
246 ml = ? L
0.246
Question # 2
135 ml = ? L
0.135
Question # 3
468 ml = ? L
0.468
Question # 4
579 L = ? ml
579 000
Question # 5
24.8 L = ? ml
24 800
Question # 6
75.3 ml = ? L
0.0753
Question # 7
28.2 L = ? ml
28 200
Question # 8
1.79 L = ? ml
1790
Question # 9
0.345 ml = ? L
0.000 345
Question # 10
0.768 L = ? ml
768
Almost…
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End
Remember…
The
P
Word…
P
ractice !
Now…
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End