Kilometer, Meter and Centimeter
Kilometer, Meter and Centimeter
Kilometer, meter and centimeter are units of measurement. The abbreviation for kilometer is km, the abbreviation for meter is "m" while the abbreviation for centimeter is "cm".
Centimeter is used to measure shorter lengths, while kilometer and meter are used to measure longer lengths.
Look at the chart below to see the relationship between meter and centimeter.
Watch the clip below to learn more about the two units of measurement.
video 2
Remember the following rules below when changing from one unit to the other
Watch the video below to learn more about how to convert from meters to centimeters and centimeters to meters.
video 3 converting
Follow up Practice Activities
Activity 1 best estimate
Activity 10 matching task
Activity 21 mm
Activity 28 length of objects
KILOMETER
Kilometer is also another unit of length. Look at the chart to see the relationship between kilometer and meter.
1 km = 1000 m
To change m to km divide by 1,000
Follow up practice exercises.
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