What units are used to measure length?
Millimetres, centimetres, metres, and kilometres.
Measurement Units: Length
mm, cm, m, km
Which units measure capacity?
Millilitres and litres.
Unit Conversion: Length (km to m)
Multiply km by 1000 to get m
What operation is used converting from a big unit to a small unit?
Multiply.
Perimeter of rectangle
P = 2(l + w)
What is the length conversion from kilometers to meters?
1 km equals 1,000 meters.
Area of rectangle
A = length × width
Similar Shapes
Same shape, different sizes, proportional sides
Congruent Shapes
Exactly the same size and shape
Capacity units
mL and L
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1. Which measurement unit is most appropriate for expressing the distance between two cities?
2. What does the measurement unit 'kilogram' (kg) primarily measure?
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