Elementary Test Prep: Math 4 (Grades 3-4) Metric Measure

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Decimals can be used to show tenths and hundredths when using metric measure. A meter stick is often used to measure objects around us.

There are 10 decimeters in one meter stick. Each decimeter
would be written as 0.1 (one tenth) of a whole meter.

Two decimeters would be 0.2 (two tenths)

Choose the correct way to write each metric measure in decimals as part of a meter:

That picture is four decimeters (four tenths of a meter) on each side.

There are five decimeters (five tenths of a meter) in a half meter.

One decimeter (one tenth of a meter) is equal to ten centimeters.

The stick measured nine decimeters (nine tenths of a meter.)

The paper was two decimeters (two tenths of a meter) wide.

There are 100 centimeters in one meter stick. Each centimeter would be written as 0.01 (one hundredth) of a whole meter.

Examples: five centimeters would be 0.05
seventeen centimeters would be 0.16

Choose the correct way to write each metric measure in decimals as part of a meter:

The drawer is sixty seven centimeters (sixty seven hundredths of a meter) wide.

I measured forty five centimeters (forty five hundredths of a meter) on my meter stick.

Twelve inches is about thirty centimeters (thirty hundredths of a meter.)

My finger is almost eight centimeters (eight hundredths of a meter) long.

The box is ninety eight centimeters (ninety eight hundredths of a meter) long.

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