Foundations Lesson 109 - Metric Measures of Length
To convert metric units of length we will use a mnemonic device. King Hector died
uniquely drinking chocolate milk. Notice that the first letter in each word is
underlined. Each of these letters are underlined because they stand for a unit of
measurement. The k stand for kilo the h stands for hector the d stands for deka the
u stands for your base unit our base unit is meter the d stands for deci the c stands
for centi and the m stands for milli. To convert three and two tenths meters to
kilometers we wanna first locate meters in our chart we are going to kilometers
were going to count the number of spaces that it will take for us to get from meters
to kilometers one two three we went three places to the left so in our problem three
and two tenths were going to move our decimal point three places to the left one two
three decimal in our empty spots were going to put zeros therefore three and two
tenths meters equals thirty two ten thousandths kilometers.
Three and two hundredths meters equals how many centimeters. Let’s first begin
by locating our meters we wanna move to centimeters. Were going to count the
number of spaces it takes us to move from meters to centimeters one two we moved
two places to the right. In our problem three and two hundredths were going to
move our decimal two places to the right one two add our decimal. Therefore three
and two hundredths meters equals three hundred two centimeters.
Two and eighty hundredths centimeters equals how many meters. Were going to
first locate centimeters were going to count the number of places it takes us to move
from centimeters to meters one two we moved two places to the left. Therefore in
our problem two and eighty hundredths were going to move our decimal two places
to the left and add our decimal. In our empty spots were going to add zeros. Two
and eighty hundredths centimeters equal two hundred eighty ten thousandths.