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Converting from smaller metric units to larger

Teaching Transcript

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Let's convert 4 centigrams into kilograms. We'll do it as a two step process, converting to and from the base unit of grams.

First let's convert to grams. Centi means 1 one hundredth

So 4 centigrams is 4 hundredths of a gram, or zero point zero four grams.

Kilo means thousand, so a gram is 1 one thousandth of a kilogram.

So we can divide another time by one thousand, and we have zero point zero zero zero zero four kilograms

This math skill teaches how to convert smaller metric units to larger ones by using grams as a base. It involves understanding the meanings of metric prefixes and performing conversions and calculations based on these prefixes.

Skill Practice

Converting from smaller metric units to larger

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