PPT-The Metric System Measuring

The numbers are only half of a measurement It is 10 long 10 what Numbers without units are meaningless How many feet in a yard A mile A rod The Metric System Easier to use because it is a decimal system. Happy Monday!. Warm-up sheet explanation and set-up. Warm-up. Pass out Metric System Unit Objectives. Warm Up (8-24-15). Please get out your warm up sheet and answer the . following questions.. Write down 3 things you know about the metric system.. and characterizing . the quantum. metric tensor. Michael . Kolodrubetz. , Physics . Department, Boston University. Equilibration and . Thermalization. Conference, . Stellenbosh. , April 17 2013. In collaboration with:. ~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. . geometry. From superconducting. qubits. to . spin chains. Michael . Kolodrubetz. , Physics . Department, Boston University. Theory collaborators: . Anatoli. . Polkovnikov. (BU), Vladimir . Gritsev. . 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.. . 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. System of measurement based on the decimal or powers of 10. The word ’metric’ comes from the French word for ‘measure’. Official name of the metric system is the . international system of measurements. Metric System. The . metric system. . (also known as the international system of units) was introduced by France in . 1799. The United States is the only industrialized country . in the world that . You’ll 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. 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.. Measure. :. A unit or standard of measurement. .. Measurements. :. Units of measure related to a profession. These include ounces, pounds, inches, feet, cups, teaspoons, etc. . Accuracy. :. The extent to which a given measurement agrees with the standard value for that measurement. The correctness of the measurement made. What do we measure most in science?. English. Metric. Metric Symbol. Foot. Volume. Gallon. Pound. Temperature. Fahrenheit. Metric system. What do we measure most in science?. English. Metric. Metric Symbol. First, in order to view this presentation properly you must select "Slide Show” then choose “From Beginning”. Use the arrow keys to . change slides. . Next, as you go through the presentation take notes on metric measurement. DO NOT WRITE EVERYTHING. Read the information .