The three basic units of the metric system are the GRAM, METER and LITER:

The GRAM measures The METER measures The LITER measures weight. length. capacity.

The purpose of a metric is to get rid of the ambiguity between, for example inches, feet and yards. Since we use 10 as our base, it is only natural to do the same with units of measure. This way transitioning between different units requires only MOVING THE MOVING THE DECIMAL PLACEDECIMAL PLACE.

METRIC MEASURES

Kilometer Km Hectometer hm Decameter dam Meter m Decimeter dm Centimeter cm Millimeter

mm

Kilometer Km Hectometer hm Decameter dam Meter m Decimeter dm Centimeter cm Millimeter mm

Convert 15 Km to m…

You have to multiply when yo go down.

Add zeroes to the right .

15000

Millimeter (mm) 0.1 cm 0.001 m 0.000001 km

Centimeter (cm) 10 mm 0.01 m 0.00001 km

Decimeter 100 mm 0.1 m 0.0001 Km

Meter (m) 1000 mm 100 cm 0.001 km

Dekameter (dam) 10.000 mm 10 m 0.01 km

Hectometer (hm) 100.000 mm 100 m 0.1 km

Kilometer (km) 1,000,000 mm 1000 m

MEASURE OF LENGTH

Convert the following measurements.

•7 m to mm 5 km to cm 4 km to mm

•834 m to km 5 cm to m 4000 mm to m•730 000 cm to km 8.34 cm to mm 8.2 m to cm•6.45 m to mm 3.05 km to mm