Changing Fractions To Decimals On A Calculator Worksheet Page 6
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The liter is the basic unit of capacity in the metric system. The metric units of capacity that we
use most commonly are the liter and the milliliter.
Study the following chart. The units in the shaded rows are those you will work with in Math
600.
UNIT
RELATION TO GRAM
kiloliter (kL)
1,000 liters
hectoliter (hL)
100 liters
decaliter (dkL)
10 liters
liter (L)
1 liter
deciliter (dL)
0.1 liter (
/
liter)
centiliter (cL)
0.01 liter (
@
liter)
milliliter (mL)
0.001 liter (
liter)
1
1,000
When we change between units in the metric system, we are actually multiplying or dividing
by multiples of 10.
When changing from smaller to
Remember
When changing from larger to
larger units, divide by moving
smaller units, multiply by moving
the decimal point to the left.
1 L = 1,000 mL
the decimal point to the right.
1 mL = 0.001 L
350 mL =
L
45 L =
mL
The chart shows that we move the
The chart shows that we move the
decimal point three places to the
decimal point three places to the
left.
right.
350 mL = 0.35 L
45 L = 45,000 mL
kilo hecto deca
deci centi milli
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