Measurements in Science
Metric Measurement Tools
Graduated Cylinder = L
Metric Balance = g
Metric Ruler/ meter stick = m Thermometer = Celsius
Stop Watch = s
Scale in Newtons = N
METRIC STAIRS
Base
1
Metric Tool
Used
Metric Ruler or meter stick
Metric Base
unit
Used to
Measure
Graduated Cylinder
Balance
Thermometer
Stop Watch
Meter - m
Liter - L
Gram – g
Degrees Celsius
Second - s
Distance
Liquid Volume
Mass
Temperature
Time
Scale
Spring Scale
Amp Meter
Newton – N
Newton – N
Watt – w
Weight
Force
Power
Sound Meter
Hertz - hz
Joule - j
Frequency
Byte - b
Information
Work
METRIC STAIRS
Kilo = k
1000
Hecto = h
103
Decimal LEFT
100
Deca =da
102
Base
10
unit
101
1
Deci = d
Decimal RIGHT
.1
Centi = c
10-1
Meter = m
.01
Milli = m
-2
10
Liter = L
.001
Gram = g
10-3
Watt = w
Joule = j
Newton = N
Second = s
Hertz = hz
Celsius = co
Byte = b
Metric Conversion Steps
1. Locate the known metric unit prefix on the metric
stairs.
2. Locate the unknown metric unit prefix to which you
want to convert the known metric unit.
3. Count the number of times you would put your foot
down on a new step if you moved on the steps
from the known metric unit prefix to the unknown
metric unit prefix.
4. Did you go left or right on the metric stairs?
5. Move the decimal (.) the number of steps you took, in
the direction you went, in the known number, and
you now have converted to the unknown metric
unit number.
Metric Conversion Practice
250.0 mg = .025 dag
44.0 ds = .44 das
.4536 km = 4536.0 dm
.00046 hL = 4.6 cL
8.5 j = .0085 kj
245.0 cc = 245.0 mL
86940.0 cw = 8.694 hw
446.67 cc = .044667 daL