Learning Target:

Learning how to use the Metric System

This system can be fun and basic. Though, we use the Cuustomary System the Metric System is still manditory to know.

This system consist of...

Length, Mass, & Capacity. These are the units of the Metric System. The base units are meter, gram, and liter. Beyond these are kilo (thousand), deci (tenth), centi (hundredth), & milli (thousandth). To make this less complex look at the example below:

Example:

Below is the unit length. Since the base unit is meter, add the prefix to meter. Here are the abbrevations: km=kilometer, m=meter, dm=decimeter, cm=centimeter, and mm=milimeter.

Ex. 1

    /1,000    /10     /10     /10

km          m     dm     cm     mm            This is all compared to the meter(m).  A mm is one-thousandth of a meter,           x1000     x10    x10    x10                 cm is one-hundredth, dm is one-tenth, and km is one-thousand meters.                                 

Here is another example:

Ex. 2

5000mm= 500cm

50 dm

5m

Math Quote:

"Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater." -Albert Einstein

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