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DID YOU KNOW?
that you can divide 1 meter
by exactly 10 equal parts
(10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm)...

then make a cube (1000 cmณ) of it to fill with water
and you will find that it contains exactly 1 L (1 liter)
(1000 mL) of water
and is the mass of exactly
1 kg (1 kilogram) (1000 g).
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 meter (m)

A meter is about as long
as a 
baseball bat.

 

meter is the base unit for LENGTH
Use the symbol m

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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
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A meter can be the length of an average persons long step.

The height of the handle
on a standard door is about
1 meter
from the floor.


Athletic tournaments throughout the world are measured in metric dimensions.

This diving board is
10 meters tall.

  
An Olympic sized pool is
50 meters long.

        

 

Smaller Measurements from a meter

1 centimeter
(1 cm)

 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

Smaller Measurements from a  centimeter

1 millimeter
(1 mm)

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

Larger Measurement from a meter

1 kilometer
(1 km)

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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1 cmณ
(1 cubic centimeter)

filled with water contains exactly
1 mL (1 milliliter)

and is the mass
of exactly
1 g (1 gram)


 

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