2.  How many people use it worldwide?

3.  5.719 billion people use it every day,

4.  Which countries don’t use it?

5.  Us…(United States)…..of course

6.  What kind of things do we buy that already use the metric system.

7.  cola in liters  video tape and film in millimeters,  lightbulbs in watts,  and aspirin in milligrams

8.  The metric system is based on decimal arithmetic, just like dollars and cents

9.  Diving off the 10-meter diving platform is similar to………

10.  to diving from the roof of a three-story building

11.  Basketball players slam dunk in a net measuring 45 centimeters in diameter……about _________ the diameter of the ball.

12.  Competitors in one of our most popular recreational road races, "the 5K," run 5 kilometers, which is longer than _______ football fields.

13.  54 football fields…..put end to end.

14.  Those bicycle racers that complete the grueling Tour de France will have ridden about 3800 kilometers which is like..

15.  Like almost the straight-line distance from New York to Phoenix.

16.  Gymnastic floor exercises are performed on a mat measuring 12 by 12 meters, which is like about ____ the are of a basketball court.

17. Turn to your partner....and deliberate this?

18.  Female gymnasts execute precise movements on a balance beam that is only 10 centimeters wide, which is like the size of a ……

19. 10 centimeters  paperback novel.

20.  The rings in men's gymnastics are placed 250 centimeters off the floor…..which is like the height of a …………..

21. 250 cm  a standard ceiling

22.  The stars of beach volleyball can jump about 75 centimeters off the sand which is like

23.  Like about the height of a Great Dane at its shoulders

24.  How much mass is things?

25. The metric system has prefix modifiers that are multiples of 10.

26.  How much mass is it?

27.  A kilogram is 1000 grams  A hectogram is 100 grams  A decagram is 10 grams  A gram is the stem unit of mass  A decigram is 1/10 gram  A centigram is 1/100 gram  A milligram is 1/1000 gram

28.  As we move down the units, the next unit is one tenth as heavy. As we move upward, each unit is 10 times as heavy. One hundred milligrams, which is 1/10 gram (100/1000=1/10) are heavier than one centigram (1/100th gram).

29.  A meter is about the same length as a yard  A meter is about three feet long  A decimeter is about four inches long  An inch is about 25 millimeters  A foot contains about 30 centimeters  A foot contains about 3 decimeters

30.  A kiloliter is 1000 liters  A hectoliter is 100 liters  A decaliter is 10 liters  A liter is the basic unit of volume  A deciliter is 1/10 liter  A centiliter is 1/100 liter  A milliliter is 1/1000 liter