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• THE METRIC SYSTEM

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• AMETRICAN MAN

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• 7 BASE SI UNITS
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The International System

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• EVERYDAY METRIC UNITS

• PREFIXES

• SYMBOLS

• Base Unit - meter (m)

• centimeter (cm)

• millimeter (mm)

• kilometer (km)

• Derived Unit - liter (L)

• milliliter (mL)

• Base Unit - kilogram (kg)

• gram (g)

• milligram (mg)

• tonne (t)

• Temperature

• Evolution of Measures

• Inch-Pound Non-System

• UNITED METRIC STATES

• INSTANT METRIC
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DID YOU KNOW?
that you can divide 1 meter
by exactly
10 equal parts
(10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm)...

then make a cube
(1000 cm³)
of it to fill with water
and you will find that it contains exactly
1 L (1 liter)
(1000 mL) of water
and is the mass
of exactly
1 kg (1 kilogram)
(1000 g)

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ALL SIMPLY
RELATED IN
10!

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ABOUT SITE
The International System of Units is the
Metric Measurement used in America.

Using a unique hands-on, common sense approach
for a better basic metric understanding
this site promises to remove myths and misconceptions toward everyday use
of decimal measurement in a
Metric America today.
A precision based concept of measuring
in harmony with life itself.

Just like an American dollar has 100 cents,
an American meter in length has 100 centimeters.

Simple!
NO COMPLICATED FIGURES AND FRACTIONS
TO MEMORIZE

CLICK ON PICTURES AND ENJOY NARRATED MUSIC VIDEOS
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS and METRIC SONGS

meter - LENGTH

liter - VOLUME

kilogram - MASS

The following section both illustrates and demonstrates how
Everyday Base Units are Simply Related
and described smaller and larger in 10s, 100s and 1000s

meter - LENGTH use the symbol - m