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• • EVOLUTION of ARCHAIC MEASUREMENT Useful VIDEO Link http://metricamerica.com/evolutionof.htm Many years ago there was very little trade and measurement was crude and subject to confusion. The yard was supposed to be half the span from finger-tip to finger-tip of a King’s outstretched arms. And the pound was the "weight of 7,000 grains of barley chosen from the middle ear". Rough and inaccurate measurement was good enough for barter between friends and relatives but trouble arose when commercial trade began. Relationships evolving out of haphazard methods of measurement were anything but simple. And as merchants adopted a form of measurement that would be met with more acceptance by the general public of that era the outcome resulted in having 2 pints to the quart, 4 quarts to the gallon, 22 yards to a chain, 16 ounces to the pound (is that ounces of nuts or ounces in a can of juice?) 12 inches to a foot (a foot isn't anywhere close to a human foot) 3 feet in a yard, 5,280 feet in a mile, firkens and knogenheads and on and on and on. A pound even had five varied weights and meanings used throughout the Middle Ages and in Britain weight was measured as 14 pounds to the "stone". An outdated and archaic method of measurement seemingly reserved for British colonies in America's past. The irony in this is that after the British were defeated in the United States the American gallon remained the outdated measurement adopted from what was known as the Queen Ann's Wine Gallon". And still remains somewhat today. 
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VIDEO Link http://metricamerica.com/ametricanman.htm
Creation…
Evolution, 10 digit hands ...SI Relates CONTINUED on PAGE 7 |
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First
you take 10 of whatever you have handy.
Convenient Prefix attached
in front of ...The Metric System CONTINUED on PAGE 9
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Useful
VIDEO Link http://metricamerica.com/prefixes.htm For most everyday experience
Useful
VIDEO Link http://metricamerica.com/symbols.htm BASE UNIT meter - m for length Derived UNIT liter - L for volume BASE UNIT kilogram - kg for mass
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• • • Page 10 • • • PREFIXES For most everyday experience NOTE:
WRITING IS EASY |
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Useful VIDEO Link http://metricamerica.com/everyday%20units.htm
SEE PAGE 32 for
"7 Base Units"
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The International System of
Units is called "SI" 1 one hundredth from a meter
(0.01 m)
Snowfall is measured in centimeters (cm) ...centimeter CONTINUED on PAGE 16 |
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SIGN DRIVING TIP EXAMPLE: is equal to.6214 miles per hour Useful VIDEO Link http://metricamerica.com/kilometre.htm
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1 one thousandths from a liter (0.001
L) We
trust the accuracy in science and medicine because
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unit of measure that is 1 one
thousandths The
mass of 1 g (gram)
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t Useful VIDEO Link http://metricamerica.com/tonne.htm
Useful VIDEO Link http://metricamerica.com/tonne.htm
A
large ship can occupy the mass
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TEMPERATURE
Sing Along!
(Room Temperature is 20°
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eBook For
a more technical description of ..."7
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How
AND THAT...
1
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SUMMARY This
INSTANT
METRIC eBook is not necessarily prepared for
rocket-science however, it is equally as
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USEFUL
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SHOWS
HOW NOTHING RELATES WITH INCHPOUND NON-SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT |
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METRIC MAN TEACHES BASIC METRIC IN LESS THAN
5 |
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HOW THE METRIC SYSTEM WORKS IN HARMONY WITH LIFE ITSELF |
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QUICK UNDERSTANDING HOW PREFIX IS ATTACHED IN FRONT OF
BASE UNIT |
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SYMBOLS
IDENTIFY PREFIX AND BASE OR DERIVED UNIT OF MEASURE TOGETHER |
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UNDERSTANDING EVERYDAY METRIC BASE UNITS IN
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meter IS THE BASE UNIT FOR LENGTH AND ALL OTHER
MEASUREMENT RELATES TO IT |
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centimeter (1 cm) IS 1
ONE HUNDREDTH FROM meter
(0.01 m) |
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millimeter
(1 mm) IS 1 ONE THOUSANDTH FROM meter
(0.001 m) |
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kilometer (1 km) IS EXACTLY 1000
meters (1000 m) LONG |
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liter (1 L) IS THE DERIVED UNIT FOR VOLUME |
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milliliter (1 mL) IS 1 ONE THOUSANDTHS FROM A
liter (0.001 mL) |
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kilogram IS THE BASE UNIT FOR MASS |
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gram IS 1 ONE THOUSANDTHS FROM A
kilogram (0.001 kg) |
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milligram IS 1 ONE THOUSANDTHS FROM A
gram (0.001 g) |
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THE MASS OF ONE THOUSAND
kilograms IS ONE METRIC
tonne |
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HOW WATER BOILS AT 100 DEGREES CELSIUS
and ZERO IT FREEZES! |
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SYSTEM OF INTERNATIONAL UNITS FOR MEASUREMENT IN AMERICA
CALLED "SI" |
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INSTANT METRIC CONVERSION Tables |
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METRIC EXAMS! |
