International System BASIC UNITS Meter Liter Gram a

International System

BASIC UNITS Meter: Liter: Gram: a little longer than a yard (about 1. 1 yards) a little larger than a quart (about 1. 06 quarts) a little more than the weight of a paper clip

Symbols in Metrics • Metric symbols never have periods: – km, hm, dam, m, dm, cm, mm – kl, l, ml – kg, g, mg • These are SYMBOLS – not abbreviations!

Metric length meters • Width of a door frame 1 m • Width of a finger 1 cm • Thickness of a fingernail 1 mm • A bit more than half a mile 1 km

Metric Mass grams • A small paperclip 1 g • about the mass of a textbook 1 kg • 1/100 th of a small paperclip 1 mg

Metric volume liters • Half of a 2 liter soda 1 l • 500 2 l bottles of soda 1 kl • 1/5 a teaspoon 1 ml

1 ml = 3 1 cm = 1 cc

Metric Temperature Celsius Thirty is hot Twenty is nice Ten is chilly Zero is ice

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km hm da m d 8 m = _____cm c m

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km hm dam m dm 8 m = _____cm cm mm

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km hm dam m dm 8. 8 m = _____cm cm mm

km hm dam m 8. dm 80. 8 m = _____cm cm mm

km hm dam m 8 dm 80 8 m = _____cm cm 800. mm

km hm dam m 8 dm 80 8 m = 800 cm cm 800. mm