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Writing Prompt. In a few lines of your Comp book write down what you learned yesterday about arm-span and height. More about the METRIC!!!. A Sucker Free Production by Mr. D (yeaaaaahhh, boyyyy). 1 X 10 = ? 10 X 10 = ? 100 X 10 = ? 100 X 10 = ?. 10 100 1,000 10,000. It’s as easy as….
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Writing Prompt In a few lines of your Comp book write down what you learned yesterday about arm-span and height.
More about the METRIC!!! A Sucker Free Production by Mr. D (yeaaaaahhh, boyyyy)
1 X 10 = ? 10 X 10 = ? 100 X 10 = ? 100 X 10 = ? 10 100 1,000 10,000 It’s as easy as…
100 / 10 = ? 10 / 10 = ? 1 / 10 = ? 0.1 / 10 = ? 10 1 0.1 or 1/10 0.01 or 1/100 How about…
Metric is Base 10 • The metric system is based on the number 10 • So it’s EASY TO USE!!!!
Metric Prefixes • Kilo- (as in kilometer or kilogram) • Hecto- • Deka- • Deci- • Centi- (as in centimeter) • Milli- (as in millimeter)
What do they mean??? • Kilo- 1000 • Hecto- 100 • Deka- 10 • Deci- 1/10 • Centi- 1/100 • Milli- 1/1000 • Sooo… A centimeter is what fraction of a meter?
Think about this… King Henry Died by drinking chocolate milk kilo (kg, kL, km, kN) Hecto (Hg, HL, etc.) Deka (Dg, DL, etc.) basic unit (g, L, m, N) deci (dg, dL, etc.) centi (cg, cL, cm) milli (mg, mL, mm) How can you remember these? X X
K H D b d c m 50 kg = ? g 8 m = ? km 2 L = ? mL 50,000 g 0.008 km 2,000 mL Examples
Let’s Practice • First a worksheet • Then, an activity