metric and standard.?

Question

ok. how do u solve a metric problem.
i kno u do it by 10.'s
but explain fully.

and give me some more info about it.
wats the difference..

what are metric's units of measure?

Answer 1

Metric units of measure include the milimeter, centimeter, meter, and kilometer.
1000 milimeters = 1 meter
100 centimeters = 1 meter
1000 meters = 1 kilometer

weight measurements:
1 gram
1000 grams = 1 kilogram

Liquid weight: liters

Answer 2

Kilo = 1000 units
hecto = 100 units
deca = 10 units
(your unit goes here as 1. Meter, gram, liter, etc.)
deci = .1 units
centi = .01 units
mili = .001 units

There are more prefixes, but these are some basic ones. Metric conversions are easy because all it is is moving the decimal over (since everything is in 10's).

Answer 3

This is the way I learned the metric system and it has yet to fail.

K - kilo
H - hecta
D - deca
the unit you are measuring in
d - deci
c - centi
m - milli

those are the basic ones. It goes on after that into nano and other much smaller units but the ones you need, unless you want to become physicist or chemist are the ones I gave you.

The units of measure are
Liter - liquid
Meter - length
Grams - weight

K= 1000 of the main unit, like meter for example
1KL=1000L

H=100 of the main unit (1HL=100L)

D=10 of the main unit (1DL=10L)

d=0.1 of the main unit (1dL=0.1L) or (1L=10dL)

c=0.01 of the main unit (1cL=0.01L) or (1L=100cL)

m=0.001 of the main unit (1mL=0.001L) or (1L=1000mL)


If you want to convert from hecto to deci all you have to do is devide. In this case it would be easier for you to go from hecto to the basic unit by dividing by ten and then again from the basic unit to deci by diving by ten again.

If you are converting from the American Standard (that really is only usefull in the USA because even Canada uses metric) the following is the conversion table that all you will need to do is divide and multiply with the numbers you are given in any problem.


(following taken from a website which I will state in sources)
APPROXIMATE CONVERSIONS

FROM
STANDARD / US CUSTOMARY UNITS

TO
SI / METRIC UNITS

(Scroll down for conversions from metric to standard measurements)


LENGTH
When you know MULTIPLY BY to find
in inches 25.4 millimeters mm
ft feet 0.305 meters m
yd yards 0.914 meters m
mi miles 1.61 kilometers km

AREA
in2 square inches 645.2 square millimeters mm2
ft2 square feet 0.093 square meters m2
yd2 square yard 0.836 square meters m2
ac acres 0.405 hectares ha
mi2 square miles 2.59 square kilometers km2

VOLUME
fl oz fluid ounces 29.57 milliliters mL
gal gallons 3.785 liters L
ft3 cubic feet 0.028 cubic meters m3
yd3 cubic yards 0.765 cubic meters m3

MASS
oz ounces 28.35 grams g
lb pounds 0.454 kilograms kg
T short tons (2000 lb) 0.907 megagrams (or "metric ton") Mg (or "t")

TEMPERATURE
oF Fahrenheit (F-32) x 5 / 9
or
(F-32) / 1.8 Celsius oC

ILLUMINATION
fc foot-candles 10.76 lux lx
fl foot-Lamberts 3.426 candela/m2 cd/m2

FORCE and PRESSURE or STRESS
lbf poundforce 4.45 newtons N
lbf/in2 poundforce per square inch 6.89 kilopascals kPa


If that was hard to understand, as I think it might have beenI am including the site where this table is found.

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/metric_conversion_chart.html

hope this helps you!

Answer 4

Go to www.wikipedia.org and search for metric system. They should have a full explanation.

Answer 5

Try this link

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=47