Rolandas suitcase has a mass of 2,500 dekagrams.What is the mass of rolandas suitcase in kilograms.?
2 Answers
25 Kg
Explanation:
1 of kg = 100 dkg
Since a kilogram is a bigger unit mass than a dekagram fewer kilograms will equal the same mass as the 2,500 dekagrams.
A good visual is to make a staircase of the metric system.
The biggest units are placed on the top left and the smaller units on the bottom left.
kg = 1000
......hkg = 100
..........dkg = 10
.................g = 1
....................dg =.1
.......................cg = .01
..........................mg = .001
To convert from one metric unit to another count how many steps on the staircase it takes to get from one level to the next and move the decimal point the same number of steps in the direction that were moved.
To go from dkg to kg. on the top is two steps to the left. So it necessary to move the decimal two places to the left to find the answer.
Explanation:
You need to know the order of the prefixes of the units of the metric system.
TO convert from Decagrams to Kilograms you need to divide by
A smaller unit has a larger number and a bigger unit has a smaller number.