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WHY METRICS?
People have always measured things.
Originally, most measurements were
based upon body parts of kings. A cubit
was the distance from the elbow to the
tip of the finger. An inch was the length
of one digit of a finger. As kings
changed, units of measurement
changed. Eventually, scientists
convinced people that this was not the
best system of measurement.
PREFIXES
The main prefixes that will be used for all the
measurements are as follows:
kilo, hecto, deka, Base Units, deci, centi, milli
1000, 100, 10, 1, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001
This can be remembered by the following
saying:
King Henry Died, Gulp, Drinking Chocolate Milk
THE METER
The basic unit of length in the metric system
is the Meter. It was defined in 1791
LITER
The liter is used to measure capacity. It is
defined as the volume of a cube that is
one tenth of a meter on each side, or a
cubic decimeter.
A liter then has 1000 cc since each side
is 10 cm. One cubic centimeter is
equivalent to one ml, so a liter also
equals 1000 ml.
The formula for calculating volume is:
Volume = length x width x height
PRACTICE PROBLEMS
Height=3.6 hm
Width= 2.88 dm
Length= 56 m
Answer next slide.
ANSWER
The answer is 5,800,000 liters. Why?
Because the beauty of the metric system
means that 1 cubic cm = 1 mL
So, since there are 1000 mL in a liter, divide
the original number by 1000.
THE GRAM
The gram is the metric unit for mass. It is
defined as the mass of one cubic
centimeter of pure water at 4 degrees
C.
WHY 4O C?
EQUIVALENCIES
What is significant about this is that there are
1000 cubic centimeters in a Liter. There are
also 1000 mL in a Liter. This means that if
you use pure water, that a liter of water
would equal a KILOGRAM.
So 1 mL = 1 cc = 1 gram
(h) (dk)
Liter
(d) (c)
Gram
1. 18 cm =_____________ hm
2. 0.83 dkg =___________ mg
3. 2.9 l = _____________ dkl
4. 0.18 kg =
41.3 cg =
+137.6 dg =
g
g
g
(m)
1.
2.
3.
4.
0.0018 hm
8300 mg
.29 dkl
194.17 g