International System

BASIC UNITS

Meter: a little longer than a yard (about 1.1 yards)

    

                                         

Liter: a little larger than a quart (about 1.06 quarts)

Gram:

a little more than the weight of a paper clip

Symbols in Metrics

• Metric symbols never have periods:–km, hm, dam, m, dm, cm, mm–kl, l, ml–kg, g, mg

• These are SYMBOLS – not abbreviations!

• Width of a door frame          1 m

• Width of a finger 1 cm

•Thickness of a fingernail    1 mm

• A bit more than half a mile 1 km

Metric length

meters

Metric Mass

grams

• A small paperclip 1g

• about the mass of a textbook 1kg

• 1/100th of a small paperclip 1mg

• Half of a 2 liter soda 1l

•500 2l bottles of soda 1kl

•1/5 a teaspoon 1ml

Metric volume

liters

1ml = 1cm3 = 1cc

Thirty is hot Twenty is nice Ten is chilly Zero is ice

Metric Temperature

Celsius

k h da d c m

k h da d c m

8m = _____cm

k h da m d c m

8m = _____cm

km h da m d c m

8m = _____cm

km hm da m d c m

8m = _____cm

km hm dam m d c m

8m = _____cm

km hm dam m dm c m

8m = _____cm

km hm dam m dm cm m

8m = _____cm

km hm dam m dm cm mm

8m = _____cm

km hm dam m dm cm mm

8

8m = _____cm

km hm dam m dm cm mm

8

8m = _____cm

km hm dam m dm cm mm

8.

8m = _____cm

km hm dam m dm cm mm

8. 80.

8m = _____cm

km hm dam m dm cm mm

8 80 800.

8m = _____cm

km hm dam m dm cm mm

8 80 800.

8m = _____cm

km hm dam m dm cm mm

8 80 800.

8m = 800 cm

Try these!

48 cm = ____________ mm3 km = ______________ m21 l = _______________kl6.35 g = _____________ mg .7000 l = _____________ ml