1. The Decimal/SI System La Sistema Decimal/SI

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10. 10 multiples of ones are needed to move to the tens place

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14. 10 multiples of tens are needed to move to the hundreds place

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18. 10 multiples of hundreds are needed to move to the thousands place

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23. SI The International System of Units, related by multiples of ten, that allows quantities to be measured in the exact same way throughout the world. La sistema internacional de unidades, relacionado por múltiplos de diez, que permite que las cantidades se midan de la misma manera exacta en todo el mundo

25. meter (m) metro (m) A SI unit for length or distance La unidad SI de longitud o distancia A meter is more than three inches longer than a yard = 39.4 in. = 36 in.

29. 10 meters equal 1 dekameter (dam) dekameter (dam) decametro (dam)

30. 10 multiples meters (m) are needed to move to the dekameter (dam) place

31. equals 1 dekameter (dam)

33. 10 dekameters (dam) are equal to 1 hectometer (hm) hectometer (hm) hectometro (hm)

34. 10 multiples dekameters (dam) are needed to move to the hectometer (hm) place

35. equals 1 hectometer (hm)

36. equals 1 hectometer (hm)

38. 1 kilometer is a little more than half a mile (1 km = 0.62 miles) kilometer (km) kilometro (km)

39. 10 multiples hectometers (hm) are needed to move to the kilometer (km) place

40. equals 1 kilometer (km)

41. equals 1 kilometer (km)

42. equals 1 kilometer (km)

43. liter (L) litro (L) A unit measuring volume or capacity Una unidad de volúmen o capacidad 1000 mL = 1 L 946.35 mL = 1 qt. meniscus

44. Cubic meter (m 3 ) metro cubico (m 3 ) One cubic meter is equal to 1000L or 1 kL. It is the SI unit for measuring volume or capacity. Un metro cubico mide 1000 litros o 1 kL. Es la unidad SI de volumén o capacidad.

45. gram (g) gramo (g) A unit for mass Una unidad de masa 1 gram = 0.35 ounces = 1 gram = 5 grams

46. kilogram (kg) kilogramo (kg) A SI unit for measuring mass One kilogram is equal to 1000 grams. La SI unidad de masa Un kilogramo es igual que 1000 gramos. 1 kg = 2.2 pounds (lbs)

47. SI Prefixes for the Decimal System

48. Whole Units

49. uni (unit) one 1 10 0 Examples: unit, unicorn, uniform

50. deka- or deca- (da) ten 10 10 1 Examples: dekameter, decagon

51. hecto- (h) hundred 100 10 2 Example : hectometer

52. kilo- (k) thousand 1000 10 3 Examples: kilogram, kiloliter, kilogram

53. mega- (M) million 1,000,000 10 6 Examples : megabytes, megamillions

54. giga- (G) billion 1,000,000,000 10 9 Example : gigabytes

55. tera- (T) trillion 1,000,000,000,000 10 12 Example : terabytes

56. peta- (P) quadrillion 1,000,000,000,000,000 10 15 Example : petabytes

57. exa- (E) quintillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 10 18 Example : exabytes

58. zetta- (Z) sextillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 10 21 Example : zettabytes

59. yotta- (Y) septillion 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 10 24 Example : yottabytes