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Metric System

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE METRIC SYSTEM

METRIC SYSTEM TRICK

ORDER OF THE METRIC SYSTEM

  • Kilometer, Hectometer
  • Decameter, Meter
  • Decimeter, Centimeter
  • Millimeter
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KILOMETER

IT CAN MEASURE ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

HECTOMETER

  • IT CAN BE USED TO MEASURE A SOCCER FIELD.
  • IS NOT A PRACTICAL UNIT OF MEASUREMENT
  • A HECTOMETER IS A PLACEHOLDER IN THE METRIC SYSTEM

DECAMETER

  • ITS EQUAL TO 15 METERS IT IS NOT A PRACTICAL UNIT OF MEASUREMENT.
  • ONE CUBIC DECAMETER IS ABOUT THE VOLUME OF AN OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS WATER
  • A DECAMETER IS A PLACEHOLDER IN THE METRIC SYSTEM

METER

THE MOST COMMONLY USED MEASUREMENT. ITS A STANDARD MEASURMENT

DECIMETER

  • ITS NOT A PRACTICAL UNIT OF MEASUREMENT
  • 100 MM IS EQUAL TO ONE DECIMETER
  • A DECIMETER IS A PLACEHOLDER IN THE METRIC SYSTEM

CENTIMETER

  • ITS EQUAL TO 10 MM
  • It can be used for precise measurments on a map scale

MILLIMETER

  • Equal to one thousandth of a meter
  • Its the smallest unit in the metric system

WE KNOW HOW TO USE A METRIC RULER

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ALEX

SARA

GABBIE