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kilometer (km)
There are exactly 1000 m (meters)
in 1 km (1 kilometer)
Pronounced
"KILL-oh-meet-ur" NOT "kill-AH-mit-ur"
Use the symbol
km
kilo
is the Prefix meaning 1 000 times as much
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or FALSE - Check One
The Base Unit for LENGTH is
meter (m) |
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There are 100 cm
in the length of 1 m |
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There are 1000 mm
in the length of 1 m |
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A meter is about as long as a
baseball bat |
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There are exactly 100 m in 1
km |
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EXAMINE
YOUR METRIC MEASUREMENT
LEARNING SKILLS
FOR EVERYDAY USE IN AMERICA
Choose From the
Following Subjects
Longer
Distances are Measured in kilometers
A trip across North America is approximately
7 600 kilometers long.
1
kilometer
(1 km)
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Remember, kilo
is the prefix meaning 1 000 times as much.
So, one thousand meters
(1000 m) is the length of
1 kilometer and it is simply
written 1 km
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A jog around the park can be measured in kilometers
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A car traveling
at
90 km/h
is moving at
90 kilometers
per hour
THAT'S EASY!
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ROAD
SIGN DRIVING TIP:
For example,
when you see a sign
that is shown as 90 km/h
(90 kilometers per hour)
and you
want a quick conversion
to mph (miles per hour)
simply multiply 0.6 x 90
in your head and you
are going approximately
54 miles per hour.
And that's close enough for
everyday purposes.
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1 kilometer
per hour (km/h) is equal to .6214 miles per hour
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Remember, kilo
is the prefix meaning
1000 times as much.
So, one thousand meters (1000 m) being the length of 1 kilometer,
is simply written 1 km which is pronounced
"KILL-oh-meet-ur" NOT "kill-AH-mit-ur"
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Smaller
Measurement from a meter
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Remember,
centi
is the prefix meaning
1 one hundredth of the base unit meter.
So, 1 one hundredth of a meter (0.01 m)
is simply written 1 cm
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Smaller
Measurement from a
centimeter
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Remember, milli
is the prefix meaning
1 one thousandth (0.001).
So 1 one thousandth of the base unit meter, being 1 millimeter
is
simply written 1 mm
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