490 Chapter 5 Summary and Review
Another metric unit of capacity is the cubic
centimeter,written cm^3 , or, more simply, cc. TheThe unit conversion factor method gives the same result:Thus, 0.7 kiloliters 700,000 milliliters.700,000 mL0.71,0001,000 mL0.7 kL0.7 kL
11,000 L
1 kL1,000 mL
1 L- a. Refer to the metric ruler below. Each centimeter
is divided into how many equal parts? What is
the length of one of those parts?
b. Determine which measurements the arrows
point to on the ruler. - Use a metric ruler to measure the length of the
computer mouse to the nearest centimeter. - Write two unit conversion factors using the given
fact.
a. 1 km 1,000 m
b. 1 g 100 cg - Use the chart to determine how many decimal
places and in which direction to move the decimal
point when converting from centimeters to
kilometers.
km hm dam m dm cm mm
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CentimetersPerform each conversion.- 475 centimeters to meters
- 8 meters to millimeters
- 165.7 kilometers to meters
- 6,789 centimeters to decimeters
- 5,000 centigrams to kilograms
- 800 centigrams to grams
- 5,425 grams to kilograms
- 5,425 grams to milligrams
- 150 centiliters to liters
- 3,250 liters to kiloliters
- 400 milliliters to centiliters
- 1 hectoliter to deciliters
- THE BRAIN The adult human brain weighs about
1,350 g. Convert the weight to kilograms. - TEST TUBES A rack holds one dozen20-mL test
tubes. Find the total capacity of the test tubes in the
rack in liters. - TYLENOL A bottle of Extra-Strength Tylenol
contains 100 caplets of 500 milligrams each. How
many grams of Tylenol are in the bottle? - SURGERY A dextrose
solution is being
administered to a patient
intravenously as shown to
the right. How many
milliliters of solution does
the IV bag hold?
1 LDextroseREVIEW EXERCISESunits of cubic centimeters are used frequently
in medicine.1 milliliter = 1 cm^3 = 1 cc
5 milliliters = 5 cm^3 = 5 cc
0.6 milliliters = 0.6 cm^3 = 0.6 cc