Lesson # 16

Metric Conversions

Liquids

10 questions

The best way to convert

Metric measurements…

Is

To

Understand

Them !

For Example…

To convert 2 liters to milliliters…

It would help if …

You understood how big each unit is!

A liter…

Is the size of a bag or carton of milk,

The “bigger” cartons of milk hold 2 liters!

On the other hand…

A milliliter is quite small,

As a matter of fact,

It takes 355 of them (ml) to make

1 can of Coke,

Or Pepsi.

Or whatever!

It takes 1000 milliliters to make 1 liter!

So to convert liquid metric measurements…Think about the units…

If you go from Bigger to Smaller…

you will have to multiply!

But if you convert from Smaller to Bigger…

You will have to

Divide.

Lets look at some examples…

Convert 234 ml to Liters.

234 ml = ? L

Converting “smaller” to bigger means…

Divide

Right.

So divide the 234 by what?

(because there are 1000 ml in 1 L)

You must divide by

1000

Dividing by 1000 can be done by sliding the decimal…

3 places

To the

Left!

So 234 ml = ? L

234 ÷ 1000 =

0.234

So 234 ml = 0.234 L

Another example…

Convert 0.25 liters to milliliters

Difficult ?

Watch…

0.25 L = ? ml

Bigger to smaller means “multiply”, right.

So “multiply” by what?

Since there are 1000 ml in one Liter…

Multiply by

1000 !

Soooooo…

0.25 must be multiplied by 1000

Which means…

0.25 x 1000 =

250

Yahoo.

Going from Smaller to Bigger…

Divide !

÷

Got it ?

Going from Bigger to Smaller

Multiply!

And now…

Ten questions

For

Your viewing

Pleasure !

Get Ready

Get Set

Go !

Question # 1

246 ml = ? L

Question # 2

135 ml = ? L

Question # 3

468 ml = ? L

Question # 4

579 L = ? ml

Question # 5

24.8 L = ? ml

Question # 6

75.3 ml = ? L

Question # 7

28.2 L = ? ml

Question # 8

1.79 L = ? ml

Question # 9

0.345 ml = ? L

Question # 10

0.768 L = ? ml

And now the answers.

Prepare

Yourself !

Question # 1

246 ml = ? L

0.246

Question # 2

135 ml = ? L

0.135

Question # 3

468 ml = ? L

0.468

Question # 4

579 L = ? ml

579 000

Question # 5

24.8 L = ? ml

24 800

Question # 6

75.3 ml = ? L

0.0753

Question # 7

28.2 L = ? ml

28 200

Question # 8

1.79 L = ? ml

1790

Question # 9

0.345 ml = ? L

0.000 345

Question # 10

0.768 L = ? ml

768

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Word…

Practice !

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