PPT-1-5 Measuring in Metric Units

Youll Learn To use and convert metric units of measure Type Unit Reference Example Length Millimeter mm Centimeter cm Meter m Kilometer km About the thickness of a dime About the width of your little finger. It gives advice on how to use and write metric units mistak es to avoid what to do about conversions and wher e to find further information A brief explanation of how th e metric system works is also given Basic rules Capitals and lower case Names o and characterizing . the quantum. metric tensor. Michael . Kolodrubetz. , Physics . Department, Boston University. Equilibration and . Thermalization. Conference, . Stellenbosh. , April 17 2013. In collaboration with:. A.S. 1.1.1 – 1.1.3. Is the US a metric country? Should it be?. Read the article you’ve been handed with these two questions in mind.. 5. minutes—. silent . read and take notes.. Turn and talk to your group members (you all had the same article)—2 minutes. ~King Henry Died unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk~. Unlike our . English system . of measurement with its feet and inches, quarts and gallons, . the . metric system is very . orderly . All . variations of the units of measure are really just the units multiplied by powers of 10. . . Long Ago…. . Parts of the human body were often used to measure. The length of the king’s foot or the distance from the tip of his nose to his fingertips were both common units of measurement.. Course 1. Warm Up. Lesson Presentation. Problem of the Day. Warm Up. Multiply the following by 1,000.. 1.. . 0.03 . 2.. 4.02. Divide the following by 1,000.. 3.. 30 . 4.. 487.1. . 30. 4,020. . No Cussing!. The following 4-Letter. words are forbidden here:. Inch Mile. Foot Pint. Yard Acre. And we never swear the . BIG F . (use. o. C). Please keep it clean and. Metric. SI System. The International System of Units. Some of the tools used to measure length and distance are a metric ruler, a meter stick and a metric tape measure.. Metric Units of Length Measurement. Meter (m) – Unit of measurement (starting point). Curriculum links. Adult Numeracy. MSS1/L1.7. . Convert units of measure in the same system (a) know the relationship between metric units. MSS1/L2.5. Calculate with units of measure within the same system (a) know the relationship between metric units. Curriculum links. Adult Numeracy. MSS1/L1.7. . Convert units of measure in the same system (a) know the relationship between metric units. MSS1/L2.5. Calculate with units of measure within the same system (a) know the relationship between metric units. a yard—is . the basis for the metric system. We can . increase. or . decrease. the value of a . base. unit by using a . prefix. 10. m. k. (This is now the same as 10,000 m). SI Units are easier to remember than English units because they are based on multiples of . Mata Kuliah : Perbengkelan . Dosen : Supriyanto, S.TP, M.Kom. English System?. The English system of measurement grew out of the creative way that people measured for themselves.  . Familiar . objects and parts of the body were used as measuring devices.  For example, people measured shorter distances on the ground with their feet.. The basic unit of length in the metric system All units of length in the metric system are derivedone hundredth1 centimeter1 one-hundredth of a meter10001 kilometer km1000 meters mhecto-1001 hectomete Kate Hall. Metric Units of Measurement. Length. Millimeter (mm) – 10 mm = 1 Centimeter. Centimeter (cm) – 100 centimeters = 1 meter. Decimeter (dm) – 1 decimeter = 10 centimeters. Meter (m) - 1 meter = 100 centimeters.