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Units and the metric system. The importance of units with Zoolander. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ-8IuUkJJc. The metric system. There are differen t units to the “meter” system…. Kilo Hecto Deca déci centi milli. dm. km. m. c m. mm. hm. dam. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Units and the metric system
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The importance of units with Zoolander
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ-8IuUkJJc
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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
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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
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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
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More examples!
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Mass
kg
g dg cg mgkg hg dag
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Volume
L
L dL cL mLkL hL daL