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VIDEO
CLIP 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).
ALL SIMPLY RELATED IN 10!
VIDEO
CLIP
Learn Basic Metric
in Less Than 5 Minutes! The International System of Units is
called "SI"
and is the Metric Measurement used in America.
WRITING IS
EASY!
Symbols like mL or mg
or mm or kg or
cm
together
identify prefix and base or derived
unit,
or unit of measure.
But for most everyday experience useful
prefixes are milli 1 one thousandth (0.001)
from the everyday unit of measure
centi 1 one hundredth (0.01)
from the everyday unit of measure
kilo 1000
times as much as
the of the everyday unit of measure.
SI
RELATES IN 10
SI (The
International System)
Simply divide 1
m (meter)
in exactly 10 parts,
each of which measures
10 cm
(centimeters).
Then make a cube
container
that is
10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm
(1000 cm³)
that we can fill with water.
And like magic, when you
fill this cube container with water, it has the volume
of exactly
1
L (liter).
ALL SIMPLY RELATED IN
10.
But then, when you place
this
cube filled with water
on a
scale
it has a mass
of exactly
1 kg (kilogram).
How
about that?
Length, Volume and Mass
all simply related in 10.
Both spellings, meter
and metre, as well as liter
and litre
are acceptable.
It is just a lot easier
to use symbols
Just remember that for everyday
purposes ENJOY THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
Length
of 1
m (meter), Volume
of 1 L (liter)
and Mass
of 1 kg (kilogram).
