Unit Conversions

1 kilometer

1000 meters

1 meter

100 centimeters

1 centimeter

10 millimeters

1 liter

1000 cubic centimeters

1 gallon

4 quarts 8 pints 16 cups

1 kilogram

1000 grams

1 gram

1000 milligrams

60 seconds

1 minute

60 minutes

1 hour

1 kilometer

.62 miles

12 inches

1 foot

5280 feet

1 mile

1 yard

3 feet

ex~ convert 7 meters/min into kilometers/hour

.42 kilometers/hour

base unit

10^0 (one)

deka

10^1 (ten)

hecto

10^2 (one hundred)

kilo

10^3 (one thousand)

centi

10^-2 (one hundredth)

deci

10^-1 (one tenth)

milli

10^-3 (one thousandth)

metric conversion chart

ex~ convert 200 kilometers/hour into meters/hour

2000 meters/hour