The metric system is based on powers of ten. It is far more easily understood than our English system. One reason we may disagree is because we up” with the English “grew system. There was a time when there was a concentrated movement towards using metric, but because it met with such resistance, that effort has gone away. Kilo 1000 100 Deka or Deca 10 Unit (meter, liter, gram) Deci 0.1 (one tenth) Centi 0.01 (one hundredth) Milli 0.001 (one thousandth) Some common conversions you should know: 1 km = __________ m 1 m = __________ km 1 m = __________ cm 1 cm = __________ m 1 m = __________ mm 1 mm = __________ m 1 cm = __________ mm 1 mm = __________ cm The following are some metric units of measure. Those in bold are most commonly used metric measures. kilo hect deka UNIT deci centi 102 101 100 10-1 10-2 10-3 103 1,000 100 10 1 0.1 0.01 0.001 kilometer meter centimeters millimeter hectometer dekameters decimeters dam dm hm km m cm mm 3-story tall of length of about 6 city floor to a width of thickness length building palm football door knob blocks little finger of a dime field nail kiloliter hectoliter dekaliter liter deciliter centiliter milliliter kL hL daL L dL cL mL between 3 very full 15-minute ½ of a 5- 1 liter about 2 20 eye capacity bathtubs 1/3 & 1/2 of low flow gallon bottle of teaspoons dropper a cup shower bucket Pepsi™ drops kilogram hectogram dekagram gram decigram centigram milligram kg hg dag g dg cg mg caffeine in 1 liter bottle about 3.5 about 1/3 a a small 25 grains mass a cup of of water ounces ounce paperclip raindrop of sugar or real coffee aspirin
The metric system is based on powers of ten. It is far more easily understood than our English system. One reason we may disagree is because we “grew up” with the English system. There was a time when there was a concentrated movement towards using metric, but because it met with such resistance, that effort has gone away. Kilo 1000 100 Deka or Deca 10 Unit (meter, liter, gram) Deci 0.1 (one tenth) Centi 0.01 (one hundredth) Milli 0.001 (one thousandth) Some common conversions you should know: 1 km = __________ m 1 m = __________ km 1 m = __________ cm 1 cm = __________ m 1 m = __________ mm 1 mm = __________ m 1 cm = __________ mm 1 mm = __________ cm The following are some metric units of measure. Those in bold are most commonly used metric measures. kilo hect deka UNIT deci centi 103 102 101 100 10-1 10-2 10-3 1,000 100 10 1 0.1 0.01 0.001 length kilometer km about 6 city blocks hectometer hm length of football field dekameters dam 3-story tall building meter m floor to a door knob decimeters dm of palm centimeters cm width of little finger nail millimeter mm thickness of a dime capacity kiloliter kL 3 very full bathtubs hectoliter hL 15-minute low flow shower dekaliter daL ½ of a 5- gallon bucket liter L 1 liter bottle of Pepsi™ deciliter dL between 1/3 & 1/2 of a cup centiliter cL about 2 teaspoons milliliter mL 20 eye dropper drops mass kilogram kg 1 liter bottle of water hectogram hg about 3.5 ounces dekagram dag about 1/3 ounce gram g a paperclip or aspirin decigram dg caffeine in a cup of real coffee centigram cg a small raindrop milligram mg 25 grains of sugar
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