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The International System of Units
is called "SI" (spoken "ess i")
Use the symbol kg
The Base Unit for MASS is kilogram
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 Page 17 • gram  (g)
 Page 18 • milligram  (mg)
 Page 19 • tonne  (t)
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 Page 21a and 21b • Conversions
 Page 20 • Temperature
 Page 22 • Measures Evolution
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VOLUME
liter

MASS
kilogram

 

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This package of ground
meat is about 1 kg
(1 kilogram).

A new born baby can be about the mass of 3 kg...

and a six week old puppy can be as heavy
as 1 kg.



A 5 kg roast can easily serve
over 10 or 12 people.


A 10 kg turkey should
easily serve
about 10 happy appetites.

 

A 40 kg bag of concrete mix
requires a strong back
to carry.

 

Smaller Measurements from a kilogram

1 gram
(1 g)

Remember, kilo is the prefix meaning 1000 times.
So, 1 000 g (grams) is the mass of 1 kg (kilogram).
Pronounced "KILL-oh-gram" NOT "kill-AH-gram".

Smaller Measurements from a gram

1 milligram
(1 mg)

Remember, milli is the prefix meaning
1 one thousandth (0.001).
So, 1 one thousandth of the unit of measure gram
being 1 milligram, is simply written 1 mg

LARGER Measurement from a kilogram

1 tonne
(1 t)

There are exactly 1000 kg (kilograms)
in 1 t (spelled tonne)

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DID
YOU KNOW
THAT?

you can divide
1 meter by exactly
10 equal parts
(10 cm each side)
then make a cube (1000 cm³) of it to fill with water
and you will find that it contains exactly
1 L (1 litre)
(1000 mL) of water

and
is the mass
of exactly
1 kg (1 kilogram)
(1000 g)
ALL SIMPLY RELATED IN 10!