Metric System – Things to Remember Uses the decimal system because it is based in the powers of 10…… 10, 100, 1000, etc.

Metric System – Things to Remember Attribute – Length Kilometer – km Meter – m Centimeter – cm Millimeter - mm

Metric System – Things to Remember Attribute – Capacity Kiloliter – kl Liter – l Milliliter- ml

Metric System – Things to Remember Attribute – Mass Kilogram – kg gram – g Milligram - mg

Metric System – Things to Remember Prefix Meanings Kilo – 1000 Centi – 1/100 Milli – 1/1000

Metric System – There are: 1000 meters in 1 kilometer. 100 centimeters in 1 meter. 1000 millimeters in 1 meter. 10 millimeters in 1 centimeter. (base word is interchangeable)