{"id":244,"date":"2022-04-13T04:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T04:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2025-11-08T04:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T04:58:12","slug":"l-1-convert-rates-and-measurements-metric-units","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/l-1-convert-rates-and-measurements-metric-units\/","title":{"rendered":"L.1 Convert rates and measurements: metric units"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>Convert rates and measurements: metric units<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-4d4696560822e7cb72ec4be90d4370b1\" style=\"color:#74008b\">Key Notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\ud83d\udccf <strong>What is the Metric System?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>metric system<\/strong> is a standard way of measuring used worldwide \ud83c\udf0d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is <strong>based on powers of 10<\/strong> \ud83d\udd1f\u279c100\u279c1000 \u2014 making conversions easy!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\ud83d\udd11 <strong>Basic Metric Units<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Measurement<\/th><th>Unit<\/th><th>Symbol<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Length \ud83d\udccf<\/td><td><strong>metre<\/strong><\/td><td>m<\/td><td>5 m<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mass \u2696\ufe0f<\/td><td><strong>gram<\/strong><\/td><td>g<\/td><td>250 g<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Volume \ud83d\udca7<\/td><td><strong>litre<\/strong><\/td><td>L<\/td><td>2 L<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\ud83d\udd04 <strong>Metric Prefixes &amp; Values<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Prefix<\/th><th>Symbol<\/th><th>Meaning<\/th><th>Multiply by<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>kilo<\/strong> \ud83d\ude9a<\/td><td>km \/ kg \/ kL<\/td><td>thousand<\/td><td>\u00d7 1,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>hecto<\/strong> \ud83d\udcaf<\/td><td>hm \/ hg \/ hL<\/td><td>hundred<\/td><td>\u00d7 100<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>deca<\/strong> \ud83d\udd1f<\/td><td>dam \/ dag \/ daL<\/td><td>ten<\/td><td>\u00d7 10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>base unit<\/strong> \u2728<\/td><td>m \/ g \/ L<\/td><td>one<\/td><td>\u00d7 1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>deci<\/strong> \ud83d\udd3d<\/td><td>dm \/ dg \/ dL<\/td><td>tenth<\/td><td>\u00f7 10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>centi<\/strong> \ud83e\uddf5<\/td><td>cm \/ cg \/ cL<\/td><td>hundredth<\/td><td>\u00f7 100<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>milli<\/strong> \ud83c\udf7c<\/td><td>mm \/ mg \/ mL<\/td><td>thousandth<\/td><td>\u00f7 1,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\ud83d\udd01 <strong>Quick Conversion Trick<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Move the decimal point!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To convert <strong>bigger \u2192 smaller<\/strong>, \ud83d\udc49 <em>move decimal to the right<\/em> \u27a1\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To convert <strong>smaller \u2192 bigger<\/strong>, \ud83d\udc49 <em>move decimal to the left<\/em> \u2b05\ufe0f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccd Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3.5 <strong>km \u2192 m<\/strong>: km to m = \u00d71000 \u2192 <strong>3,500 m<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>650 <strong>m \u2192 km<\/strong>: m to km = \u00f71000 \u2192 <strong>0.65 km<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\u2696\ufe0f <strong>Converting Between Units (Examples)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Length<\/strong> \ud83d\udccf<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 km = 1,000 m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 m = 100 cm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 cm = 10 mm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mass<\/strong> \ud83d\udcaa<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 kg = 1,000 g<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 g = 1,000 mg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Capacity\/Volume<\/strong> \ud83d\udca7<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 L = 1,000 mL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\ud83d\ude80 <strong>Converting Rates<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>rate<\/strong> compares two different units (e.g., km\/h, m\/s, L\/min).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>60 km\/h to m\/s<br>\u2192 Multiply by <strong>1000\/3600<\/strong> or <strong>divide by 3.6<\/strong><br>\u2192 60 km\/h \u00f7 3.6 = <strong>16.67 m\/s<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>300 mL\/min to L\/min<br>\u2192 300 \u00f7 1000 = <strong>0.3 L\/min<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Tips to Remember<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2728 Write the units before converting<br>\ud83d\udd01 Practice moving decimal places<br>\ud83d\udcd0 Use a metric ladder to go up or down<br>\ud83e\udde0 Always check if final unit is correct<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">\ud83c\udfaf <strong>Why Learn Conversions?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Used in <strong>science experiments \ud83e\uddea<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps in <strong>shopping &amp; cooking \ud83c\udf73<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Needed for <strong>travel &amp; speed calculations \ud83d\ude97<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Useful in <strong>medicine \ud83d\udc8a (mL to L, mg to g)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#105000\"><strong>Learn with an example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#ecabab\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c7d4a24f4ca977e51b52df6b836516f7\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>Convert.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0c18adddb9a5d96ae69c1b68535e3bce\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>448&nbsp;kilolitres=&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&nbsp;litres.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Write a conversion factor to convert kilolitres to litres. Put kilolitres in the denominator so that they will cancel out the kilolitres that are given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design__53_-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4739\" style=\"width:358px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design__53_-removebg-preview.png 500w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design__53_-removebg-preview-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design__53_-removebg-preview-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#a3e1b1\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c7d4a24f4ca977e51b52df6b836516f7\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>Convert.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-64459226693dc676ddbd4a3e3f94cb88\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>422&nbsp;litres=&nbsp;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;millilitres.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Write a conversion factor to convert litres to millilitres. Put litres in the denominator so that they will cancel out the litres that are given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4741\" style=\"width:478px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design-removebg-preview.png 500w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design-removebg-preview-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design-removebg-preview-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#edb4d5\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c7d4a24f4ca977e51b52df6b836516f7\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>Convert.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29dbeb5383c8a906f6ba52d44dbcdf55\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>884&nbsp;kilograms=&nbsp;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;grams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Write a conversion factor to convert kilograms to grams. Put kilograms in the denominator so that they will cancel out the kilograms that are given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design__1_-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4744\" style=\"width:404px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design__1_-removebg-preview.png 500w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design__1_-removebg-preview-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Untitled_design__1_-removebg-preview-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\">let&#8217;s practice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/101534\/745\/802\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-3-33.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-3-33.png 500w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-3-33-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-3-33-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/34000\/292\/700\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-2-33.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-2-33.png 500w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-2-33-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-2-33-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convert rates and measurements: metric units Key Notes: \ud83d\udccf What is the Metric System? \ud83d\udd11 Basic Metric Units Measurement Unit Symbol Example Length \ud83d\udccf metre m 5 m Mass \u2696\ufe0f gram g 250 g Volume \ud83d\udca7 litre L 2 L \ud83d\udd04 Metric Prefixes &amp; Values Prefix Symbol Meaning Multiply by kilo \ud83d\ude9a km \/ kg<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/l-1-convert-rates-and-measurements-metric-units\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;L.1 Convert rates and measurements: metric units&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22289,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions\/22289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}