1. Applying Metrics for Welding Metric Conversions Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.

2. Metric Prefixes that Decrease compared to decimal numeration  milli—thousandths 1/1000  centi—hundredths 1/100  deci—tenths 1/10  BASE UNIT—ones 1 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.

3. Metric Prefixes that Increase  BASE UNIT—ones1  deka—tens10  hecto—hundreds100  kilo—thousands1000 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.

4. Standard Conversions Linear  Inches to millimeters—multiply by 25.4  Feet to meters—multiply by 0.305  Yards to meters—multiply by 0.914 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.

5. Standard Conversions Area  Square inches to square millimeters— multiply by 645.2  Square feet to square meters—multiply by 0.093  Square yards to square meters—multiply by 0.836 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.

6. Standard Conversions Volume  Cubic inches to cubic millimeters— multiply by 1.639  Cubic feet to cubic meters—multiply by 0.028 Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.