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*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

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meter

centimeter

millimeter

kilometer

liter

milliliter

kilogram

gram

milligram

tonne

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The Metric System

meter - LENGTH

liter - VOLUME

kilogram - MASS

BASE UNIT meter length

Derived UNIT liter volume

BASE UNIT kilogram mass
•
Convenient prefix attached in front of
base or derived unit, or unit of measure
shows quantity, size or value by 10, 100 and 1000.

•
For most everyday experience useful prefixes are
milli 1 one thousandth (0.001)
from the unit of measure.
•
centi 1 one hundredth (0.01)
from the unit of measure.
•
kilo 1000 times as much as
the of the unit of measure.

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BASE UNIT meter length

Derived UNIT liter volume

BASE UNIT kilogram mass • Convenient prefix attached in front of base or derived unit, or unit of measure shows quantity, size or value by 10, 100 and 1000.

• For most everyday experience useful prefixes are milli 1 one thousandth (0.001) from the unit of measure. • centi 1 one hundredth (0.01) from the unit of measure. • kilo 1000 times as much as the of the unit of measure.

BASE UNIT kilogram mass
•
Convenient prefix attached in front of
base or derived unit, or unit of measure
shows quantity, size or value by 10, 100 and 1000.

•
For most everyday experience useful prefixes are
milli 1 one thousandth (0.001)
from the unit of measure.
•
centi 1 one hundredth (0.01)
from the unit of measure.
•
kilo 1000 times as much as
the of the unit of measure.