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EVERYDAY millimeter
EXAM
There are exactly 1000 m (millimeters)
in the Base Unit meter.
1 one thousandth from
a meter (0.001 m)
Use the symbol mm TRUE
or FALSE - Check One
| The Base Unit for LENGTH is meter
(m) |
TRUE |
FALSE |
| There are 100 cm in the
length of 1 m |
TRUE |
FALSE |
| There are 1000 mm
in the length of 1 m |
TRUE |
FALSE |
| A meter is about as long as a
baseball bat |
TRUE |
FALSE |
| There are exactly 100 m in 1
km |
TRUE |
FALSE |
EXAMINE
YOUR METRIC MEASUREMENT
LEARNING SKILLS
FOR EVERYDAY USE IN AMERICA
Choose From the
Following Subjects
If a dime is about
1 millimeter
thick...  |
then 1000 dimes placed side by side
would be |
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To measure any length,
a meter stick or tape measures
accurately without complicated figures or fractions.
Athletic
tournaments throughout the world are measured in metric dimensions.
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This diving board is
10 meters
tall.
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An Olympic sized pool is
50 meters long.
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Smaller
Measurements from a meter |
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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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Smaller Measurements 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 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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