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The International System of
Units is called "SI"
and is the Metric Measurement used in America.
centimeter
(cm)
also spelled
centimetre
1 one hundredth from a meter (0.01 m)
There are exactly 100 cm
(centimeters)
in the Base Unit meter.
Use the symbol
cm
1 centimeter
(1 cm)
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Remember, 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
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1 cm is about the width of
an average blouse or shirt button.
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1 cm is about the width of black
keys on a standard piano.
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1 cm is about the width
of your little fingernail.
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Like a dollar has 100 cents a meter in length
also has 100
cm
(100 centimeters)
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Centimeters are precise
for measuring
sewing patterns,
your height,
your waist
and for altering
clothes.
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Snowfall is measured in
centimeters (cm)
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Rainfall
is measured in millimeters (mm)
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Smaller
Measurement from a centimeter |
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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
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Larger
Measurement from a centimeter
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Remember meter
is the
base unit for Length
and all other Units are derived from it.
There are exactly 100 cm (centimeters)
in 1 m (meter)
and there are exactly 1000 mm"
(millimetres in 1 m (meter)
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Larger
Measurement from a meter
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Remember, 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 which is pronounced
"KILL-oh-meet-ur" NOT "kill-AH-mit-ur".
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VIDEO CLIP
"centimeters,
milliliters, milligrams"
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CLICK
ON PICTURES
FOR
VIDEO LEARNING!
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VIDEO CLIP
"The
Metric
System" |
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centimeter
Video
Narrated with music
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CLICK ON PICTURES
BELOW FOR VIDEO CLIPS
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1 cm³ (1 cubic centimeter) |
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filled with water
contains exactly
1 mL (1 milliliter) |
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and is the
mass of exactly
1 g (1 gram) |
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