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Metric System Metric System – – Things to Things to RememberRemember
Uses the decimal Uses the decimal system because it is system because it is based in the powers of based in the powers of 10……10……
10, 100, 1000, etc.10, 100, 1000, etc.
Metric System Metric System – – Things to Things to RememberRemember
Attribute – LengthAttribute – LengthKilometer – kmKilometer – km
Meter – mMeter – m
Centimeter – cmCentimeter – cm
Millimeter - mmMillimeter - mm
Metric System Metric System – – Things to Things to RememberRemember
Attribute – Attribute – CapacityCapacityKiloliter – klKiloliter – kl
Liter – lLiter – l
Milliliter- mlMilliliter- ml
Metric System Metric System – – Things to Things to RememberRemember
Attribute – MassAttribute – MassKilogram – kgKilogram – kg
gram – ggram – g
Milligram - mgMilligram - mg
Metric System Metric System – – Things to Things to RememberRemember
Prefix MeaningsPrefix Meanings
Kilo – 1000Kilo – 1000
Centi – 1/100Centi – 1/100
Milli – 1/1000Milli – 1/1000
Metric System Metric System – –
There are: There are:
1000 1000 metersmeters in 1 in 1 kilometer.kilometer.
100 centimeters in 1 100 centimeters in 1 meter.meter.
1000 millimeters in 1 1000 millimeters in 1 meter.meter.
10 millimeters in 1 10 millimeters in 1 centimeter.centimeter.
(base word is interchangeable)(base word is interchangeable)