Metric length

ATI TEAS
Math: Measurement and Data
Numeric answer
Difficulty 3 of 5

Question

A sheet of decorative material is 700 millimeters thick. What is its thickness in meters?

0.7

Typed answer, rounded to 1 decimal place.

Answer

0.7

Rationale

The meter is the larger unit here. Divide the measurement in millimeters by the number of millimeters per meter.

Worked solution: Divide by the conversion factor: 700 ÷ 1,000 = 0.7.

RememberChoose the conversion direction by comparing the sizes of the units.

Sources

Handbook 44 – 2024 National Institute of Standards and Technology · License: US government work (public domain) · Retrieved November 2, 2026 · Page 3

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