kilo
is the prefix meaning1000 times as much.
So, one thousand meters (1000 m)
being the length of 1 kilometer,
is simply written 1 km which is pronounced
"KILL-oh-meet-ur" NOT "kill-AH-mit-ur".
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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 cmณ) 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
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