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INSTANT METRIC
eBook
PAGE 2
TABLE of CONTENTS
PAGE 3
Evolution of
Archaic Measurement
PAGE 4 - Inch-Pound
PAGE 6 - "SI" Relates
PAGE 8
The Metric System
PAGE 10 - Prefixes
PAGE 11 - Symbols
PAGE 12
Everyday Base Units
PAGE 13 - meter
PAGE 15 - centimeter
PAGE 17 - millimeter 
PAGE 19 - kilometer
PAGE 21 - liter
PAGE 22 - milliliter
PAGE 24 - kilogram
PAGE 26 - gram
PAGE 28 - milligram
PAGE 29 - tonne
PAGE 31 
Temperature 
PAGE 32
7 Base Units
PAGE 34
HOW THE METRIC SYSTEM WORKS
PAGE 35 - Summary
OTHER USEFUL LINKS
FREE METRIC POSTERS
METRIC EXAMS!
INSTANT METRIC CONVERSION TABLES
United Metric States
 
 

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tonne (t)
(spelled tonne)

Use the Symbol t

There are exactly 1000 kg (kilograms)
in 1 metric tonne


 

Whales can be the
mass of 1 t
(spelled 1 tonne)

  Each railcar can carry about 42 t

(spelled 42 tonnes)

A large ship can be as heavy
as the mass of
100 000 t (spelled tonnes)
when filled to capacity.

...tonne CONTINUED on PAGE 30

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