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INSTANT METRIC
eBook
PAGE 2
TABLE of CONTENTS
PAGE 3
Evolution of
Archaic Measurement
PAGE 4 - Inch-Pound
PAGE 6 - "SI" Relates
PAGE 8
The Metric System
PAGE 10 - Prefixes
PAGE 11 - Symbols
PAGE 12
Everyday Base Units
PAGE 13 - meter
PAGE 15 - centimeter
PAGE 17 - millimeter 
PAGE 19 - kilometer
PAGE 21 - liter
PAGE 22 - milliliter
PAGE 24 - kilogram
PAGE 26 - gram
PAGE 28 - milligram
PAGE 29 - tonne
PAGE 31 
Temperature 
PAGE 32
7 Base Units
PAGE 34
HOW THE METRIC SYSTEM WORKS
PAGE 35 - Summary
OTHER USEFUL LINKS
FREE METRIC POSTERS
METRIC EXAMS!
INSTANT METRIC CONVERSION TABLES
United Metric States
 
 

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PREFIXES

Convenient Prefix attached in front of
base or derived unit of measure
shows quantity, size or value
in 10, 100 and 1000

For most everyday experience
Prefixes we use are
milli, centi, kilo


NOTE:
Unlike "inch-pound measurement" t
here are
no abbreviations in metric measurement,
only symbols to denote Quantity, Size or Value.

PREFIX SYMBOL
for
EVERYDAY USE

milli is 1 one thousandth (0.001)
c  centi  is 1 one hundredth (0.01)
k  kilo is 1000 times as much

BASE and
Derived UNIT
SYMBOL

meter  m
liter  L
kilogram  kg

WRITING IS EASY
Symbols like mL or mg or mm or kg or cm TOGETHER
identify Prefix and base or
derived unit of measure

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures notes
"Unit symbols are mathematical entities and not abbreviations.
Among other things, they are not followed by a period except
at the end of a sentence and they are not made plural."

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