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EVERYDAY millimeter EXAM
There are exactly 1000 mm (millimeters)
in the Base Unit meter.
1 one thousandth from a meter (0.001 m)
Use the symbol mm

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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
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 If a dime is about
 1 millimeter thick... 		then 1000 dimes placed side by side  would be
  To measure any length, a meter stick or  tape measures accurately without complicated figures or fractions.

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
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filled with water contains exactly
1 mL (1 milliliter)

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1 g (1 gram)


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Prefixes
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 milli, centi,
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