Advice for mastering the metric system?

[Catma63]

Why, when the test is coming up in three and a half days (Tuesday of next week) am I still struggling with memorizing the metric system? Is there anything that can help it stick, anything to make it make sense to me so I can recall it during conversion problems?

I'm so stressed out with my failure to click that I just don't know what to do.

[lvn2004]

Have you made flash cards? We have a test next Tuesday over this and I made flash cards and have written it down several times. Others in my class say they have learned it one line at a time.

Best of luck to you :)

[shyne]

I used index cards to memorize them. I've also used my math book to practice some of the problems.

[Catma63]

To tell you the truth, I'd seen the suggestion to make flash cards before but , and this is embarassing to admit, I'm not sure how to "do" the flash cards.

What would I do?

Put 1 g on one side and 1000 mg on the other?

[shyne]

Yeah, you could do it that way or just list all of the conversions on one side. It's good to make it as a flash card because it will not have the answer in front of you. If it doesn't work for you, try writing them down over and over again. Good Luck!