How many people use it worldwide?

5.719 billion people use it every day,

Which countries don’t use it?

Us…(United States)…..of course

What kind of things do we buy that already use the metric system.

cola in liters video tape and film in millimeters,

lightbulbs in watts, and aspirin in milligrams

The metric system is based on decimal arithmetic, just like dollars and cents

Diving off the 10-meter diving platform is similar to………

to diving from the roof of a three-story building

Basketball players slam dunk in a net measuring 45 centimeters in diameter……about _________ the diameter of the ball.

Competitors in one of our most popular recreational road races, "the 5K," run 5 kilometers , which is longer than _______ football fields.

54 football fields…..put end to end.

Those bicycle racers that complete the grueling Tour de France will have ridden about 3800 kilometers which is like..

Like almost the straight-line distance from New York to Phoenix.

Gymnastic floor exercises are performed on a mat measuring 12 by 12 meters, which is like about ____ the are of a basketball court.

Turn to your partner....and deliberate this?

Female gymnasts execute precise movements on a balance beam that is only 10 centimeters wide, which is like the size of a ……

10 centimeters10 centimeters

paperback novel.

The rings in men's gymnastics are placed 250 centimeters off the floor…..which is like the height of a …………..

250 cm 250 cm

a standard ceiling

The stars of beach volleyball can jump about 75 centimeters off the sand which is like

Like about the height of a Great Dane at its shoulders

How much mass is things?

The metric system has prefix modifiers that are multiples of 10.

How much mass is it?

A kilogram is 1000 grams

A hectogram is 100 grams

A decagram is 10 grams

A gram is the stem unit of mass

A decigram is 1/10 gram

A centigram is 1/100 gram

A milligram is 1/1000 gram

As we move down the units, the next unit is one tenth as heavy. As we move upward, each unit is 10 times as heavy. One hundred milligrams, which is 1/10 gram (100/1000=1/10) are heavier than one centigram (1/100th gram).

A meter is about the same length as a yard

A meter is about three feet long

A decimeter is about four inches long

An inch is about 25 millimeters A foot contains about 30

centimeters A foot contains about 3

decimeters

A kiloliter is 1000 liters A hectoliter is 100 liters A decaliter is 10 liters A liter is the basic unit of

volume A deciliter is 1/10 liter A centiliter is 1/100 liter A milliliter is 1/1000 liter