Activity 3 1-12-11

1. List the common units for mass, volume and lenths in the metric system.
Mass- grams
(milligram (mg), centigram (cg), decigram (dg), grams (g), and kilogram (kg))

Volume-liter
(milliliter (ml), centiliter (cl), deciliter (dl), liter (l), kiloliter (kl))

Length- meter
(millimeter (mm), centifmeter (cm), deciemeter (dm), meter (m), kilometer (km)
2. List the common prefixes for "big" metric items and "small" metric items.
"Big"- Kilo, hecta and deca

"Small"- Deci, centi milli
3. Convert 12 inches into 1 m.
55.3 meters (work shown in notes)

4. Convert 30 mpg. to km/l
12.75 km/l (work shown in notes)