| A | B |
| 10 millimeters | 1 centimeter |
| 10 centimeters | 1 decimeter |
| 10 decimeters | 1 meter |
| 10 meters | 1 decameter |
| 10 decameters | 1 hectometer |
| 10 hectometers | 1 killometer |
| 12 inches | 1 foot |
| 3 feet | 1 yard |
| 5 1/2 yards | 1 rod |
| 1,760 yards | 1 mile |
| 3 miles | 1 league |
| matter | anything that occupies space and has mass |
| mass | the amount of matter something has |
| liter (L) | basic metric unit of volume |
| metric ruler | measurement tool used to collect distance data |
| balance scale | instrument used to measure mass in metric units of milligrams (mg) and kilograms (kg) |
| meter (M) | basic metric unit of length |
| gram (G) | basic metric unit of mass |