Metric Units Mixed Conversion Practice

Have students say how many places the decimal point moves before they write each answer. Use the whole number pages before the decimal pages.

Convert 20 mixed metric units of length, capacity and mass, like 950 mL to liters and 12 km to meters. The directions on the page read: Use the facts in the box to convert each amount. Write answers as decimals when needed. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade measurement, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with convert metric units. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Multiply to go to a smaller unit and divide to go to a larger one, using 10, 100 or 1,000. 8 m = 8,000 mm, and 1,500 cm = 15 m.

Divide by 1,000, which moves the decimal point 3 places to the left. 7,400 g = 7.4 kg and 338 g = 0.338 kg.

Change the larger unit and add the smaller one. 7 kg 350 g = 7,000 + 350 = 7,350 g, and 4 L 550 mL = 4,550 mL.