Metric Prefixes are “labels” that can be placed in front of base units. Whenever using the metric prefix chart, remember that “1” is associated with the metric prefix.
Conversion factors needed:
1 km (kilometer) = 103 m (meters)
1 dm (decimeter) = 10-1 m (meters)
1 cm (centimeter) = 10-2 m (meters)
km to dm:
(a) 1245 kg | 1.245 x 106 g | 1.245 x 109 mg |
(b) 515 km | _______ dm | ________ cm |
(c) 122.355 s | _______ ms | ________ ks |
(d) 3.345 kJ | _______ J | ________ mJ |
Complete the second row
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