Metric System

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The metric system was developed in the 1700's by the French Academey of Sciences. It is now known as the International System of Units (SI). SI units are expressed in multiples of 10.

The three basic units are: meter, liter, and gram. (Basic means one)

The Steps of Metric Unit Conversion are: Smaller Unit to a Bigger Unit you DIVIDE. Bigger Unit to a Smaller Unit you MULTIPLY.

If you were to divide 1m into 1,000 parts, each part equals= 1 milimeter (mm)

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1,000 m: 1 km 1,000 g: 1 kg 5 ml: 0.005 L

1,000 km: 1,000,000 m 1,000 kg: 1,000,000 g 10 ml: 0.01 L

1,000 cm: 10 m 1,000 cg: 10 g 10 L: 10,000 ml

1,000 m: 100,000 cm 1,000 g: 100,000 cg 525 L: 525,000 ml

1,000 mm: 1 m 1,000 mg: 1 g 24 cl: 0. 24 L