STANDARDS and the METRIC SYSTEM

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STANDARDS and the METRIC SYSTEM
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STANDARDS

• Standards are what we chose and agree to use.
• The meter standard is a Platinum bar housed in
  Paris
• 1/10 millionth of distance from Pole to Equator
• Krypton red-orange emission light has
  1,650,763.73 wave lengths
• 39.37 inches equal 1 meter

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STANDARDS

• In the United States the standards are found in
  the National Bureau of Standards in Washington,
  D. C.
• An International committee that oversees
  measurements is the Le Systeme International
  located in France. (SI)
• This group determines the standards for the
  following measurements

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SI Units
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Metric System
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Metric System

• Based on tens
• Basic units
• Length-meter
• Volume-liter
• Mass-gram
• Prefixes added to basic units make up large or
  small measurements.

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Prefixes
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• K H D L D C M
• M
• G

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Write the name for the following measurements

• mg ____________ (mass)
• cl _____________ (volume)
• km ____________ (linear distance)
• mm ___________ (linear distance)

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• There are ___________ millimeters in a meter.
• There are ___________ milligrams in a gram
• There are ___________ milliliters in a liter.

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• There are ___________ centimeters in a meter.
• There are ___________ centigrams in a gram
• There are ___________ centiliters in a liter.

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• There are ___________ meters in a kilometer.
• There are ___________ grams in a kilogram.
• There are ___________ liters in a kiloliter.

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PRACTICE PROBLEMS

• 3 kilograms __________ grams
• There are ___________ cm in one meter.
• 200 cm ____________ m
• 5 meters _____________ cm
• 4 kilometers ____________ m
• 7000 ml ___________ l
• 500 grams _____________ kg