Lesson: Converting Lengths: Metric Units Mathematics • 4th Grade

In this lesson, we will learn how to convert between whole numbers of millimeters, centimeters, decimeters, meters, and kilometers.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

describe how many times larger one unit of length is than another,
convert between kilometres, metres, decimetres, centimetres, and millimetres,
compare lengths in different metric units,
write metric units of measurement using the correct abbreviations, such as mm, cm, m, and km.

Q1:

Convert 9 centimetres to millimetres.

Q2:

Convert 2,200 centimeters to meters.

Q3:

Convert 71,000 meters to kilometers.