does anyone have any info about the metric system? i need help?

Question

i have a test on the metric system and i dn't know anything about it can somebody give me some input by 8 45

Answer 1

What all do you need or want to know about metric. You wish to convert imperial to metric?

Answer 2

The most important thing to remember is that everything is based on powers of ten. You start with a basic unit name, with no prefix. Here are some examples.

mass: gram (g)
length: meter (m)
time: second (s)
force: Newton (N)
pressure: Paschal (Pa)

Then, to specify the magnitude of the entity being measured, you use a prefix. They are based on powers of ten and fractions of powers of ten.

1/1,000,000,000 = nano (n)
1/1,000,000 = micro (greek letter mu, looks a bit like u)
1/1,000 = milli (m)
1/100 = centi (c)
1/10 = deci (d)
10 = deca (da)
100 = hecto (h)
1,000 = kilo (k)
1,000,000 = mega (M)
1,000,000,000 = giga (G)

So, for example, a thousand meters is a kilometer, abbreviated km. One billionth of a gram is a nanogram, abbreviated ng.

Also, derived units are always based on one-to-one ratios of the base units, which are meters, seconds, and kilograms. Even though kilogram is not the basic unit name (that being gram), the kilogram is considered a base unit for the SI (international system) metric system. So, for example, the dimensions for pressure are force per area. So 1 Pa = 1 N / 1 m^2. Force is mass times acceleration, so 1 N = 1 kg * 1 m / 1 s^2. Check the references or your textbook for more thorough information; I have not included all units or all prefixes.

Answer 3

The basic overview...........

Length
The standard unit of length in the metric system is the meter. Other units of length and their equivalents in meters are as follows:
1 millimeter = 0.001 meter
1 centimeter = 0.01 meter
1 decimeter = 0.1 meter
1 kilometer = 1000 meters

We abbreviate these lengths as follows:
1 millimeter = 1 mm
1 centimeter = 1 cm
1 meter = 1 m
1 decimeter = 1 dm
1 kilometer = 1 km

For reference, 1 meter is a little longer than 1 yard or 3 feet. It is about half the height of a very tall adult. A centimeter is nearly the diameter of a dime, a little less than half an inch. A millimeter is about the thickness of a dime.
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Volume
The standard unit of volume in the metric system is the liter. One liter is equal to 1000 cubic centimeters in volume. Other units of volume and their equivalents in liters are as follows:
1 milliliter = 0.001 liter
1 centiliter = 0.01 liter
1 deciliter = 0.1 liter
1 kiloliter = 1000 liters

From these units, we see that 1000 milliliters equal 1 liter; so 1 milliliter equals 1 cubic centimeter in volume. We abbreviate these volumes as follows:
1 milliliter = 1 ml
1 centiliter = 1 cl
1 deciliter = 1 dl
1 liter = 1 l
1 kiloliter = 1 kl

For reference, 1 liter is a little more than 1 quart. One teaspoon equals about 5 milliliters.
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Mass
The standard unit of mass in the metric system is the gram. Other units of mass and their equivalents in grams are as follows:
1 milligram = 0.001 gram
1 centigram = 0.01 gram
1 decigram = 0.1 gram
1 kilogram = 1000 grams

We abbreviate these masses as follows:
1 milligram = 1 mg
1 centigram = 1 cg
1 decigram = 1 dg
1 gram = 1 g
1 kilogram = 1 kg

For reference, 1 gram is about the mass of a paper clip. One kilogram is about the mass of a liter of water.

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Time
The following conversions are useful when working with time:
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = 60 minutes = 3600 seconds
1 day = 24 hours
1 week = 7 days
1 year = 365 1/4 days (for the Earth to travel once around the sun)

In practice, every three calendar years will have 365 days, and every fourth year is a "leap year", which has 366 days, to make up for the extra quarter day over four years. The years 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 are all leap years. This gives us a total of 52 complete 7 day weeks in each calendar year, with 1 day left over (or 2 in a leap year).

The year is divided into 12 months, each of which has 30 or 31 days, except for February, which has 28 days (or 29 days in a leap year).

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Temperature
Temperature is expressed in degrees Celsius in the metric system. The boiling point of water (at sea level) is 100°Celsius, or 100°C. The freezing point of water (at sea level) is 0° Celsius. A hot day is about 30° Celsius.


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Decimals in measurement
We use decimals to specify units of measurement when we need more precision about length, volume, mass, or time. For example, when specifying the height of a person 1.63 meters tall, to say that person is 1 or 2 meters tall doesn't give us a very good idea of how tall that person really is.
The prefixes for the different units of length, volume, and mass in the metric system obey the following rules:

Prefix Multiply by
milli- 0.001
centi- 0.01
deci- 0.1
deka- 10
hecto- 100
kilo- 1000


So for example:
1 hectometer = 100 meters
1 centigram = 0.01 gram
3 milliliters = 3 × (0.001 liters) = 0.003 liters
0.9 kilometers = 0.9 × (1000 meters) = 900 meters

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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