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Metric System of
Measurement
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The Metric system of measurement was created about two hundred years ago by a group of French scientists to simplify measurement.
Length:
• The measured distance from one end to the other of an object.
• Base unit in the metric system is the
Meter.
1 meter (1m)
1 meter (1m)or the length of a baseball bat
1 millimeter (1 mm)
About the thickness of a dime
1 centimeter (1 cm)
1 kilometer (1 km)
1 kilometer (1 km)
OR About the length of 10 football fields
Mass:
• A quantity of matter.
• Base unit in the metric system is the
Gram.
1 gram (1 g)
1 gram (1 g)
or the mass of a paperclip
1 milligram (1 mg)
About the mass of a grain of sand
1 kilogram (1 kg)
1 kilogram (1 kg)
or the mass of
your textbook
Volume / Capacity• Space
included within limits as measured
• Base unit in the metric system is the
Liter.
1 liter (1 L)
1 liter of coke
1 liter (1 L)
1 milliliter (1 mL or 1 ml) Capacity of an eyedropper
1 milliliter (1 mL or 1 ml)
1 kiloliter (1kL or 1 kl)
About the capacity of
4 bathtubs
Temperature: • The degree of
hotness or coldness of something
• Base unit in the metric system is the
Celsius.
degree Celsius (°C)
What would you use to measure:
the length of a car?the length of your desk?the mass of your pencil?the mass of a teenager?the capacity of a school milk carton?the capacity of a swimming pool?
What would you use to measure:
the length of a car? - meterthe length of your desk? - centimeterthe mass of your pencil? - gramthe mass of a teenager? - kilogramthe capacity of a school milk carton? -
centiliterthe capacity of a swimming pool? - kiloliter
In the metric system, each of the common kinds of measure –
length, weight, capacity Each has one basic unit of measure
To measure smaller amounts, divide the basic unit into parts of ten, a hundred, or a thousand, and soon.
To measure larger amounts, multiply the basic unit by ten, a hundred, or a thousand, and so on.
Length:1 kilometer (km) = 1000 meters (m)1 centimeter (cm) = .01 meter (m)
1 millimeter (mm) = .001 meter (m)
Capacity:1 milliliter = .001 liter (l)
Weight:1 kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g)1 milligram (mg) = .001 gram (g)
Kilo means thousand (1000)Hecto means hundred (100)Deca means ten (10)Deci means one-tenth (1/10)Centi means one-hundredth (1/100)Milli means one-thousandth (1/1000)
When making metric conversions, arrange the prefixes from largest to smallest:
Kilo hecto deca UNIT deci centi milli
King Henry Died by drinking Choc Milk
Kilo hecto deca UNIT deci centi milli
Another way to remember might be
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