How long is the Golden Gate Bridge?
2,750 meters 2,750 millimeters 2,750 centimeters 2,750 kilometers
Select the best estimate.
Measurements are written with both a number and a unit. The unit comes after the number. The unit shows what the number means.
When you are using metric units, length can be written with units of millimeters, centimeters, meters, or kilometers. One meter contains 100 centimeters or 1,000 millimeters. So, 1 meter is larger than 1 centimeter, and 1 centimeter is larger than 1 millimeter.
The tip of the pencil shown here is only 1 millimeter wide, but the pencil is about 16 centimeters long.
A red fox is about 1 meter long. The Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia is about 1,000 meters, or 1 kilometer, in length.
The best estimate for the length of the Golden Gate Bridge is 2,750 meters.
2,750 millimeters and 2,750 centimeters are too short. 2,750 kilometers is too long.