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The Metric System

Discover the fundamentals of the Metric System, including how to measure key aspects like distance, volume, mass, and time. This guide covers the base units of measurement and their prefixes, providing practical examples such as conversions between kilometers, grams, and milligrams. Learn to use factor labeling for conversion tasks such as changing dollars to nickels, kilograms to milligrams, and meters to millimeters. With challenges involving speed and density conversions, you'll enhance your understanding of this essential system of measurement.

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The Metric System

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  1. The Metric System

  2. How Do You Measure • Distance? • Volume? • Mass (amount of stuff)? • Time? These are our BASE UNITS

  3. Metric Prefixes • How many meters are in 1km? • How many pg are there in 1 gram? • How many cm are there in 2 km? • How many km are there in a Gm? • How many watts are in 2.21 Gigawatts?

  4. Factor Labeling • Convert $3.75 to nickels. • Well there are 20 nickels in every dollar.

  5. Convert • 37.5 kg to mg • 4.32m to mm • 0.045cm to km • 35mm to km • 6Mg to g

  6. Some Toughies • 7.02 km/s to m/s • 3.75kg/ml to g/l • 45.2m/s to mm/min

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