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millimeter
 also spelled millimetre 		PAGE 12
 The International System of Units
is called "SI" (spoken "ess i") The 
Use the symbol mm
1 one thousandth from a meter (0.01 m)
There are exactly 1000 mm (milliimeters) in the Base Unit of meter
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 LENGTH
meter

VOLUME
liter
MASS
kilogram
 
 

1 millimeter
(1 mm)

Remember, milli is the prefix meaning
1 one thousandth (0.001).
So 1 one thousandth of the base unit meter
being 1 millimeter is simply written 1 mm

 

1 mm (1 millimeter)
about the thickness of an 
ordinary paper clip
or a guitar string.

3 mm of rain wouldn't keep you from a
pleasant day of golf.
35 mm of rain is
a torrential downpour.
Rainfall is measured in millimeters.

Film for this camera
is 35 mm wide
no more
and no less.

Larger Measurement from a millimeter

1 centimeter
(1 cm)

centi is the prefix meaning
1 one hundredth of the base unit meter.
So, 1 one hundredth of a meter (0.01 m)
is simply written 1 cm

 Larger Measurement from a centimeter

1 meter
(1 m)

meter is the Base Unit for Length and
all other Units are derived from it.
There are exactly 1000 millimeters
(1000 mm) in 1 meter (1 m)

Larger Measurement from a meter

1 kilometer
(1 km)

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


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1 millimeter

If a "dime"
is about
1 mm (millimeter) thick, then 1000 dimes placed
side by side
would be

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