Metric Unit Conversions

Practice converting between metric units of mass (kg, g, mg, quintal, ton), length (km, m, cm, mm, dm), volume (L, mL), and data storage (MB, KB)

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $4\ m\ 45\ cm$ into centimetres.

  1. $445\ cm$
  2. $4450\ cm$
  3. $4.45\ cm$
  4. $4045\ cm$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A box contains $4$ bags of sugar. The total mass of all $4$ bags is $7$ kg. What is the mass of each bag in grams?

  1. $1.75$ gms
  2. $17.50$ gms
  3. $175$ gms
  4. $1750$ gms
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Steven goes to the grocery store and is looking at a winter squash. It has a mass of $1.8$ kilograms. How many grams is the winter squash? 

  1. $1800$ gms
  2. $180$ gms
  3. $18$ gms
  4. $1.8$ gms
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $745$ cm into decimeters.

  1. $745\ dm$
  2. $0\ dm\ 745\ cm$
  3. $7\ dm\ 45\ cm$
  4. $74\ dm\ 5\ cm$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $328\ mm\ 45\ cm$ into meters.

  1. $3.73\ m$
  2. $33.25\ m$
  3. $77.8\ m$
  4. $0.778\ m$
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Rosy measured a line for his art project. It is $400$ millimeters long. How many centimeters is the line?

  1. $40$ cm
  2. $4$cm
  3. $400$ cm
  4. $0.4$ cm
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $3\ km\ 4\ m\ 350\ cm$ into centimetres.

  1. $10750\ cm$
  2. $3750\ cm$
  3. $30750\ cm$
  4. $300750\ cm$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert the following into metres:
$1436\ cm$

  1. $1.436\ m$
  2. $14.36\ m$
  3. $143.6\ m$
  4. $1436\ m$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $4000\ mm\ 400\ cm$ into meters.

  1. $44\ m$
  2. $4.4\ m$
  3. $8\ m$
  4. $80\ m$
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $23\ dm\ 9\ cm$ into centimeters.

  1. $2.39\ cm$
  2. $23.9\ cm$
  3. $239\ cm$
  4. $2390\ cm$
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $3\ m\ 40\ cm$ into millimeters.

  1. $7000\ mm$
  2. $3400\ mm$
  3. $4300\ mm$
  4. $700\ mm$
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $6045\ m$ into kilometres and metres.

  1. $6\ km\ 45\ m$
  2. $60\ km\ 45\ m$
  3. $6\ km\ 450\ m$
  4. $645\ km$
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Jessica walks $2\ km$ a day. How many meters does she walk in two days ?

  1. $40$ meters
  2. $400$ meters
  3. $4000$ meters
  4. $4$ meters
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $567\ mm$ into decimeters.

  1. $567\ dm$
  2. $56.7\ dm$
  3. $5.67\ dm$
  4. $0.567\ dm$
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $4\ cm\  38\ m$ into decimeters.

  1. $384\ dm$
  2. $380.4\ dm$
  3. $420\ dm$
  4. $38.04\ dm$
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $12\ dm$ into millimeters.

  1. $1200\ mm$
  2. $120\ mm$
  3. $12\ mm$
  4. $1.2\ mm$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Write following $12$ hour times into $24$ hour times.
$7:43$ pm

  1. $7:43$
  2. $19:43$
  3. $19:43$ pm
  4. $19:43$ am
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert the following as directed 

  1. 7000 m into km
  2. 3560 mm to m
  3. 1510 m to km
  4. 1635 cm to m
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

There is a rod of length $4\ cm$ and another rod of length $500\ mm$ has been joined to the first rod. Then the length of the rod(in cm) formed by joining these $2$ is :

  1. $450\ cm$
  2. $54\ cm$
  3. $9\ cm$
  4. $4.5\ cm$
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

1 MB = _________KB

  1. $\displaystyle 2^{8}$
  2. $\displaystyle 2^{20}$
  3. $\displaystyle 2^{9}$
  4. $\displaystyle 2^{10}$
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Express $49$ milligrams in centigrams.

  1. $490$ centigrams
  2. $4900$ centigrams
  3. $0.049$ centigrams
  4. $4.9$ centigrams
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert the following into quintal:
$400\ $ ton

  1. $400$ quintal
  2. $4,000$ quintal
  3. $40$ quintal
  4. $4$ quintal
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert the following into kilograms :
$2.3$ ton

  1. $23\ kg$
  2. $23,000\ kg$
  3. $230\ kg$
  4. $2,300\ kg$
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert the following into kilograms :
$400\ gm$ 

  1. $0.4\ kg$
  2. $4\ kg$
  3. $40\ kg$
  4. $400\ kg$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert the following into tons :
$670$ quintal

  1. $6700$ tons
  2. $670$ tons
  3. $67$ tons
  4. $6.7$ tons
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert the following into grams :
$23\ kg\ 13\ g$

  1. $23,130\ g$
  2. $2,313\ g$
  3. $23,013\ g$
  4. $213\ g$
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

On expressing the following in kilograms:
$247g$=$02.47kg$

  1. True
  2. False
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Express the following in kilograms:
$44kg$ $80gm$ = $44.08kg$

  1. True
  2. False
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $2.387$ kg into grams.

  1. $2.387$ g
  2. $23.87$ g
  3. $238.7$ g
  4. $2387$ g
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Express the following in kilograms:
$190g$=$0.19kg$

  1. True
  2. False
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is $873878\ mg$ into grams ?

  1. $873.878\ g$
  2. $87.3878\ g$
  3. $8738.78\ g$
  4. $87387.8\ g$
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $0.05$ kg into grams.

  1. $0.5\ g$
  2. $5\ g$
  3. $50\ g$
  4. $500\ g$
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is $1000$ milligrams in kg ?

  1. $0.1$ kg
  2. $0.01$ kg
  3. $0.001$ kg
  4. $0.0001$ kg
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $0.04892$ kg into milligrams.

  1. $48.92$ mg
  2. $48920$ mg
  3. $489.2$ mg
  4. $489200$ mg
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$90000 \ \text{mg}=$ _____ $\text{kg}$.

  1. $0.9$
  2. $0.09$
  3. $9$
  4. $90$
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$89744\ mg=$ ______ $g$

  1. $89744$
  2. $8974.4$
  3. $897.44$
  4. $89.744$
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$5.8377\ kg=$ _______ $g$

  1. $5837.7\ g$
  2. $583.77\ g$
  3. $58.377\ g$
  4. $58377\ g$
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Medicine is packed in boxes, each weighing $4$ kg $500$ g. How many such boxes can be loaded in a van which cannot carry beyond $800$ kg?

  1. $177$
  2. $189$
  3. $175$
  4. $165$
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The weight of a $13$ m long iron rod is $23.4$ kg. The weight of $6$ m long of such rod will be _______.

  1. $7.2$ kg
  2. $12.4$ kg
  3. $10.8$ kg
  4. $18$ kg
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

With the use of three different weights, namely, $1$ gms, $3$ gms, and $9$ gms, how many objects of different weights can be weighed, if the object has to be weighed and the given weights may be placed in either pan of the scale?

  1. $15$
  2. $13$
  3. $11$
  4. $9$
  5. $7$
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pugazhenthi ate $100\ g$ of nuts which is equal to $0.1\ kg$.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Meena bought $250\ ml$ of buttermilk which is equal to $2.5\ l$.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Gayathri bought $1\ kg$ of birthday cake. She shared $450\ g$ with her friends. The weight of cake remaining is $650\ g$.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 44 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Express $4.6$ liters in milliliters.

  1. $460$
  2. $4600$
  3. $46000$
  4. $0.46$