Metric+Conversions+(12-1)

kilo .............................. hecto ............................... deka ..................................... UNIT .................................. deci .................................. centi .................................. milli
 * King **............... **Henry **<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">................ **<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Doesn't **<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">... ........ **<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">(Usually) **<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">.................. **<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Drink **<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">.............. **<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Chocolate **<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">................ **<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Milk **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The first letters of the words stand for the prefixes. "Usually" in the middle stands for unit, which can be meters, liters or grams.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Example #1 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">12.5 kilometers = __?__  millimeters

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How many jumps is it from "kilo" to "milli"? Six, to the __right__.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">So, I move the decimal point six places to the __right__, filling in the extra space with zeroes.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Answer <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 12.5 kilometers = 12.500000 millimeters

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Example #2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">20 millimeters = __?__  centimeters

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How many jumps is it from "milli" to "centi"? One, to the __left__.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">So, I move the decimal point one place to the __left__, filling in the extra space with a zero.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Answer <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">20 millimeters = 2.0 centimeters

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Example #3 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">20 kilometers = __?__  meters

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How many jumps is it from "kilo" to "usually"? Three, to the __right__.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">So, I move the decimal point three places to the __right__, filling in the extra space with zeroes.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Answer <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">20 kilometers = 20,000 meters