Different Ranges of Weights of Metric System
We know that 1 gram is the quantity of a pinch of salt or weight of a plastic pencil cap or a paper clip. Today we will discuss bigger weights. For example; we will skip count by 10s to get the idea of larger weights. 1 gram, next level is 10 grams then 100 grams and finally 1000 grams.
1000 grams known as 1 kilo gram or 1kg or 1KG.
Remember "Kilo" means 1000 times
Understanding of Grams and Kilograms is very important at this level as I see many students make mistakes while reading scales when they write 555 grams larger than 3 KG. To avoid such mistakes in the future grades students need to learn in 3rd grade that Kilogram is a larger unit and exactly 1000 times larger than 1 gram.
Below is a small activity sheet to get the hold of multiple of 1 gram weight.
