Units and the metric system

The importance of units with Zoolander

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ-8IuUkJJc

The metric systemThere are different units to the “meter” system…

m dm cm mmkm hm dam

King Henri died. Mother didn’t care much.

Kilo Hecto Deca déci centi milli

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.

m dm cm mmkm hm dam

X10

X10 X10

X10

X10

X10

÷10

÷10

÷10

÷10

÷10

÷10

A few examples!

1000 mm

?? m 1 m

km hm dam m dm cm mm

1 km ?? dm 10000 dm

1 cm ?? m 0,01 m

More examples!

Mass

kg

g dg cg mgkg hg dag

Volume

L

L dL cL mLkL hL daL