Rename each unit of measure.- 11 L mL 2. 4000 L kL 3. 72.5 mL L
- 14 kg g 5. 3000 mg g 6. 45 000 g kg
- 9.1 L? kL 8. 4.025 g? mg 9. 200 dg? g
??????Update your skills. See page 21.Measure Metric Capacity and Mass
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Capacity is the amount a container can hold.
The most commonly used metric units of capacity
are the liter (L), milliliter (mL), and kiloliter (kL).
Mass is the amount of matter in an object. The
milligram (mg), gram (g), kilogram (kg), and metric ton (t)
are the most commonly used metric units of mass.You can rename metric units of capacity and mass
the same way as you rename metric units of length.1 L1000 mL
1 kL1000 L1 g1000 mg
1 kg1000 g
1 t1000 kgthousands hundreds tens ones tenths hundredths thousandths
1000 100 10 1 0.1 0.01 0.001
kiloliter hectoliter dekaliter liter deciliter centiliter milliliter
(kL) (hL) (daL) (L) (dL) (cL) (mL)
kilogram hectogram dekagram gram decigram centigram milligram
(kg) (hg) (dag) (g) (dg) (cg) (mg)Multiplyby a power of 10 to rename
larger units as smaller units.
0.001 kL L
0.001 kL(0.001 1000 ) L1 LStudy these examples.
5.85 kg g
5.85 kg(5.85 1000 ) g5850 g??Divideby a power of 10 to rename
smaller units as larger units.
355 mL L
355 mL(355 1000 ) L0.355 L87,226 kg t
87,226 kg(87,226 1000 ) t87.226 t??6014 g kg
6014 g 6 .014. kg
6014 g6.014 kg? 8.6 L mL
8.6 L8.600.mL
8,6 L8600 mL?Think
Move the
decimal point 3
places to the left.Think
Move the decimal
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