Question

Jared has a book about his favorite animal, the sloth. In the book, it says that a sloth travels at an

average speed of 4 meters per minute. How many millimeters per minute can a sloth travel?
Answer the following questions to help make the conversion. Use the table to help you.
milli- (m) centi- (c) deci- (d) base deca- (da) hecto- (h) kilo- (k)
1
1000
of
base
1
100
of
base
1
10
of base 1
10 times
base
100 times
base
1,000
times
base

Answer 1

To convert the speed of a sloth from meters per minute to millimeters per minute, multiply the speed by 1000, as there are 1000 millimeters in a meter. The sloth can travel 4000 millimeters per minute.

Step-by-step explanation:

To convert the average speed of a sloth from meters per minute to millimeters per minute, you need to understand the metric prefixes. Given that 1 meter equals 1000 millimeters, you simply multiply the average speed by this conversion factor.

Step-by-Step Conversion

Start with the known average speed in meters per minute: 4 meters per minute.

1. Since 1 meter = 1000 millimeters, multiply 4 by 1000 to convert to millimeters.
2. 4 meters/minute × 1000 millimeters/meter = 4000 millimeters/minute.

Therefore, a sloth can travel 4000 millimeters per minute.