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Units and the metric system

Units and the metric system. The importance of units with Zoolander. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ-8IuUkJJc. The metric system. There are differen t units to the “meter” system…. Kilo Hecto Deca déci centi milli. dm. km. m. c m. mm. hm. dam.

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Units and the metric system

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  1. Units and the metric system

  2. The importance of units with Zoolander • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ-8IuUkJJc

  3. The metric system • There are different units to the “meter” system… Kilo HectoDecadécicentimilli dm km m cm mm hm dam King Henri died. Mother didn’t care much.

  4. But how do we go from one unit to the other?? • The different units are on the same scale. They are multiples! • We simply have to multiply or divide by 10. X10 X10 X10 X10 X10 X10 dm dam km m cm mm hm ÷10 ÷10 ÷10 ÷10 ÷10 ÷10

  5. A few examples! 1000 mm ?? m 1 m 1 km ?? dm 10000 dm 1 cm ?? m 0,01 m

  6. More examples!

  7. Mass kg dg dag kg g cg mg hg

  8. Volume L dL daL kL L cL mL hL

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