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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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Smaller
Measurement from a centimeter |
1
millimeter
(1 mm)
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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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1 meter
(1 m)
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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
(millimeters in 1 m
(meter)
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Larger
Measurement from a meter
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1 kilometer
(1 km)
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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 and
pronounced
"KILL-oh-meet-ur" NOT "kill-AH-mit-ur".
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