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Everyday BASE UNITS and Derived UNITS PAGE 7
The International System of Units
is called "SI" (spoken "ess i")
The Metric System is Based on Length of a Meter and it Works in 10x10x10. No Fractions!
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 Page 7   • EVERYDAY  UNITS
 Page 8   • PREFIXES
 Page 9   • SYMBOLS
 Page 10 • meter  (m)
 Page 11 • centimeter  (cm)
 Page 12 • millimeter  (mm)
 Page 13 • kilometer  (km)
 Page 14 • liter  (L)
 Page 15 • milliliter  (mL)
 Page 16 • kilogram  (kg)
 Page 17 • gram  (g)
 Page 18 • milligram  (mg)
 Page 19 • tonne  (t)
 Page 20 • Temperature
 Page 21a and 21b • Conversions
 Page 22 • Measures Evolution
 Page 23 • Inch-Pound

 LENGTH
meter

VOLUME
liter

MASS
kilogram
 

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"Make a cube One Tenth the unit  meter,
it's the Volume of exactly 1 liter,
it's the Mass of exactly 1 kilogram
to please us,
water boils at 100 (°C)
and at zero (°C) it freezes!"

BASE UNIT
 meter - LENGTH use the symbol - m

Derived Unit
liter - VOLUME use the symbol - L

BASE UNIT
kilogram - MASS  use the symbol - kg


Convenient prefix attached in front of
base or derived unit, or unit of measure
shows quantity, size or value by 10, 100 and 1000.
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 Symbols like mL or mg or mm or kg or cm together
identify prefix and base or derived unit
or unit of measure.

For most everyday experience useful prefixes
are
milli 1 one thousandth (0.001)
from the unit of measure.
•
centi 1 one hundredth (0.01)
from the unit of measure.
•
kilo 1000 times as much as
the of the unit of measure.

meter - LENGTH

liter - VOLUME

kilogram - MASS

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1 cm³ (1 cubic centimeter)

filled with water contains exactly 1 mL (1 milliliter)

and is the mass  of exactly
1 g (1 gram)
meter - LENGTH • liter - VOLUME • kilogram - MASS

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