Transcript Kilograms

Kilograms
Kilogram
 A unit
of mass in the metric
system equal to 1,000 grams is
a kilogram.
How many kilograms
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Alex needs to have 8,000 grams of flour
to make a cake for the county fair. She
decides that she needs to know how
many kilograms are in a gram because
she needs to measure in kilograms.
Her measuring cup measures one
kilogram at a time. How many kilograms
will she use if she needs 8,000 grams?
Use the Strategy
Making it Simpler
First you would find out how many
grams make up a kilogram. There are
1,000 grams in a kilogram.
 Second you would divide 8,000 divided
by 1,000 to find how many kilograms
that would make.
 Then you have the answer of how many
kilograms Alex needs to make her cake.
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