Metric System Why should we use the Metric system?

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Metric System Why should we use the Metric system?

Metric System Notes Types of MeasurementBase Units

Metric System Notes Types of Measurement Base Units Linear (distance)meter(m)

Metric System Notes Types of Measurement Base Units Linear (distance)meter Areasquare meter (m 2 )

Metric System Notes Types of Measurement Base Units Linear (distance)meter Areasquare meter (m 2 ) Volume of a solidcubic meter (m 3 )

Metric System Notes Types of Measurement Base Units Linear (distance)meter Areasquare meter (m 2 ) Volume of a solidcubic meter (m 3 ) Volume of a liquidliter (L)

Metric System Notes Types of Measurement Base Units Linear (distance)meter Areasquare meter (m 2 ) Volume of a solidcubic meter (m 3 ) Volume of a liquidliter (L) Massgram (g)

Metric System Notes Types of MeasurementBase Units Linear (distance)meter Areasquare meter (m 2 ) Volume of a solidcubic meter (m 3 ) Volume of a liquidliter (L) Massgram (g) Timeseconds (s)

Metric System Notes Types of Measurement Base Units Linear (distance)meter Areasquare meter (m 2 ) Volume of a solidcubic meter (m 3 ) Volume of a liquidliter (L) Massgram (g) Timeseconds (s) Temperaturedegrees Celsius(°C)

Prefixes for units of measurement PrefixMultipleAbbreviation

Prefixes for units of measurement PrefixMultipleAbbreviation Mega1,000,000M -

Prefixes for units of measurement PrefixMultipleAbbreviation Mega1,000,000M - Kilo1,000k -

Prefixes for units of measurement PrefixMultipleAbbreviation Mega1,000,000M - Kilo1,000k - Hecto100h -

Prefixes for units of measurement PrefixMultipleAbbreviation Mega1,000,000M - Kilo1,000k - Hecto100h - Deka10da -

Prefixes for units of measurement PrefixMultipleAbbreviation Deci 1 / 10 (0.1)d -

Prefixes for units of measurement PrefixMultipleAbbreviation Deci 1 / 10 (0.1)d - Centi 1 / 100 (0.01)c -

Prefixes for units of measurement PrefixMultipleAbbreviation Deci 1 / 10 (0.1)d - Centi 1 / 100 (0.01)c - Milli 1 / 1000 (0.001)m -

Prefixes for units of measurement PrefixMultipleAbbreviation Deci 1 / 10 (0.1)d - Centi 1 / 100 (0.01)c - Milli 1 / 1000 (0.001)m - Micro 1 / 1,000,000 ( )µ -

Conversions

 1000mm = ? m

Conversions  1000mm = 1m

Conversions  1000mm = 1m  1m = ? cm

Conversions  1000mm = 1m  1m = 100 cm

Conversions  1000mm = 1m  1m = 100 cm  1km= ? m

Conversions  1000mm = 1m  1m = 100 cm  1kg = 1000g

Conversions  1000mm = 1m  1m = 100 cm  1km = 1000m  1cm = ? mm

Conversions  1000mm = 1m  1m = 100 cm  1km = 1000m  1cm = 10 mm