Metric System and Metric Conversions

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