ConceptualPhysics-Metrics Flashcards
Prefix k
kilo or thousand
Prefix h
hecto or hundred
prefix Deca
ten
prefix deci
tenth
prefix c
centi or hundredth
prefix m
milli or thousandth
Blank meters in a kilometer
thousand
Blank centimeters in a meter
hundred
blank millimeters in a meter
thousand
one centimeter=blank millimeters
ten
base m
meter (length)
base g
gram (weight)
Order from largest to smallest: decimeter, millimeter, kilometer, centimeter, hectometer, meter, decameter
kilometer, hectometer, decameter, meter, decimeter, centimeter, millimeter
blank years in a decade
ten
What decimal of a second is a millisecond?
0.001
To convert down one step on the metric prefix ladder, blank by blank (like from centi to milli)
multiply
ten
To convert up one step on the metric prefix ladder, blank by blank
divide
ten
twenty nine hectometers are blank meters
2,900.0 m
67,000 centimeters are blank decameters
67 dm (?)
58.4 meters are blank centimeters
5,840 cm