PPT-Metric System Conversions

Pax Academy Math The 7 increments Kilo Hecto Deca unit Deci Centi Milli km hm dam m dm cm mm kg hg dag g dg cg mg kl hl dal l dl cl ml 1 km hm Kilo. Metric System. The metric system is based on a base unit that corresponds to a certain kind of measurement. Length = meter. Volume = liter. Weight (Mass) = gram. Prefixes plus base units make up the metric system . Lingwall. The Metric System: Just Do It. “At this time, only three countries—Burma, Liberia, and the US—have not adopted the International System of Units (SI, or metric system) as their official system of weights and measures.”. Conversions In . Corinth . . . . Acts 18:1-18. Convert; Converted. 2. transitive verb. 1 - a : . to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another . b : to bring about a religious conversion in . 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. . Chapter 4. MAT 119. Objectives. Recall from memory the metric and household approximate equivalents.. Convert among units of measurement within the same system.. Convert units of measurement from one system to another.. EQ. : Why do we convert units. ?. Vocabulary:. . metric, standard, conversion factor, unit. Activator – Anticipation Guide. For the following statements, decide T or F in the before column only.. Before Lesson (T/F) . 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 . 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 . 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 All scientific measurements are made using the Metric System.. It is also called the SI System (La Systeme International d’Unites). The . United . States is the only major country that does not use this system.. MAT – LENGTHS METRIC CONVERSIONS 1 centi meter = 10 milli meter s 1 cm = 10 mm 1 meter = 100 centi meter s 1 m = 100 cm 1 kilo meter = 1000 meter s 1 km = 1000 m STANDARD CONVERSIONS 1 foot = 12 i is used . very little in the United States. The metric system does not use . inches, feet. , pounds, and so on, but its units for time and electricity are the same . as those . used now in the United States. 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 .