2006-08-30 09:44:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
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2006-08-30 09:48:11 · answer #1 · answered by angelkiss2000 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To remember the prefixes of the metric units I learned the sentence:
King Henry Died Mary/Liz/Guenevere didn't care much.
King = Kilo = 1,000 or 10^3
Henry = Hecto = 100 or 10^2
Died = Deca = 10
Mary = meter/Liz = litre/Guenevere = gram
didn't = deci = 1/10 or 0.1
care = centi = 1/100 or 0.01
much = milli = 1/1000 or .001
To go from one prefix to any other just write out the letters [using the appropriate name for the unit like Mary for meter]:
K H D M/L/G D C M
put the decimal after the letter representing whatever unit you have and then count how many times and in which direction you move it to get to the units you want. Ex: going from didn't/deci to much/mill is two to the right. Now take your number and move the decimal the same number of times in the same direction Ex: 1.870 decimeters [two to the right] is then 187.0 millimeters.
2006-08-30 17:56:26 · answer #2 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Metric system does not need converting. REPENT and join the true believers.
2006-08-30 16:50:18 · answer #3 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://hemsidor.torget.se/users/b/bohjohan/convert/conv_e.htm
2006-08-30 16:50:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
http://www.onlineconversion.com/length.htm
http://www.metric-conversions.org/conversion-calculators.htm
2006-08-30 16:51:23 · answer #5 · answered by fieldworking 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋