Metric System and Metric Conversions

What unit is the metric system based on?

What unit is the metric system based on?

Tens

What do the prefixes in front of the base [meter, liter, gram] signify?

How much greater or less than the unit [one] the unit is.

kilo (k)

1,000: one thousand

hecto (h)

100: one hundred

deca (dk)

10: ten

unit [meter, liter, gram]

1

deci (d)

0.1 or 1/10, one tenth

centi (c)

0.01 or 1/100, one hundredth

milli (m)

0.001 or 1/1000, one thousandth

length

meter

volume

liter

mass

gram

ml in a liter

1,000 ml

mg in a gram

1,000 mg

order of mass

milligrams, grams, hectograms, kilograms

order of length

mm, cm, m, km

g in a kg

1,000 g

hg in kg

10 hg

mm in cm

10 mm

cm in m

100 cm

m in km

1,000 m

7 km

7000 m

70 km

70,000 m

700 cm

7 m

23,000 mL

23 L

2300 mL

2.3 L

23 mL

.023 L

45 mm

4.5 cm

7500 g

7.5 kg

750 g

.75 kg

450 mm

45 cm

75 g

.075 kg