International System
Mar 27, 2015
International System
BASIC UNITS
Meter: a little longer than a yard (about 1.1 yards)
Liter: a little larger than a quart (about 1.06 quarts)
Gram:
a little more than the weight of a paper clip
Symbols in Metrics
• Metric symbols never have periods:–km, hm, dam, m, dm, cm, mm–kl, l, ml–kg, g, mg
• These are SYMBOLS – not abbreviations!
• Width of a door frame 1 m
• Width of a finger 1 cm
•Thickness of a fingernail 1 mm
• A bit more than half a mile 1 km
Metric length
meters
Metric Mass
grams
• A small paperclip 1g
• about the mass of a textbook 1kg
• 1/100th of a small paperclip 1mg
• Half of a 2 liter soda 1l
•500 2l bottles of soda 1kl
•1/5 a teaspoon 1ml
Metric volume
liters
1ml = 1cm3 = 1cc
Thirty is hot Twenty is nice Ten is chilly Zero is ice
Metric Temperature
Celsius
k h da d c m
k h da d c m
8m = _____cm
k h da m d c m
8m = _____cm
km h da m d c m
8m = _____cm
km hm da m d c m
8m = _____cm
km hm dam m d c m
8m = _____cm
km hm dam m dm c m
8m = _____cm
km hm dam m dm cm m
8m = _____cm
km hm dam m dm cm mm
8m = _____cm
km hm dam m dm cm mm
8
8m = _____cm
km hm dam m dm cm mm
8
8m = _____cm
km hm dam m dm cm mm
8.
8m = _____cm
km hm dam m dm cm mm
8. 80.
8m = _____cm
km hm dam m dm cm mm
8 80 800.
8m = _____cm
km hm dam m dm cm mm
8 80 800.
8m = _____cm
km hm dam m dm cm mm
8 80 800.
8m = 800 cm
Try these!
48 cm = ____________ mm3 km = ______________ m21 l = _______________kl6.35 g = _____________ mg .7000 l = _____________ ml