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Summary of metric units of distance | |
What is the distance? | |
How big are metric units of distance? | |
Converting larger units to smaller units | |
Converting smaller units to larger units |
1 centimeter = 10 millimeters
1 meter = 100 centimeters
1 meter = 1,000 millimeters
1 kilometer = 1,000 meters
To convert larger units to smaller units we multiply the number of larger units by the green conversion factor for the appropriate smaller units.
Example: Converting meters to centimeters:
1 meter = 100 centimeters
11 meter = 11 x 100 = 1100 centimeters
1 millimeter = 1/10 centimeter
1 centimeter = 1/100 meter
1 meter = 1/1,000 kilometer
To convert smaller units to larger units we divide the number of smaller units by the purple conversion factor for the appropriate larger units.
Example: Converting meters to kilometers:
1 meter = 1/1,000 kilometer
7 m = 7/1000 = 7 ÷ 1000 = 0.007 km
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