Measurement practice

Metric unit conversions

Practice twenty exact decimal conversions from 0.01 through 999,990 across any nonempty subset of ten metric length, capacity and mass pairs, in both directions.

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Convert each measurement to the requested metric unit.

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Convert metric quantities with exact powers of ten while preserving decimal place value.

Worked example

Convert 2.35 meters to centimeters.

235 centimeters

One meter is 100 centimeters, so move the decimal point two places right: 2.35 × 100 = 235.

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Ask whether the target unit is smaller or larger before moving the decimal point.
Use symbols after learners can name each unit confidently.
The generator uses positive inputs from 0.01 through 999,990 and exact powers of ten; some answers can have several decimal places.

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