Metric System

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The metric system was developed in the late 1700 it took 200 years to be formed.

now is nowed as the international system of units (si) si units are expressed in multiples of 10. Basic units are meter liter and gram.

steps of the metric system: smaller unit to a bigger unit you divide, bigger unit to a smaller unit you multiply

k km, kg kl / 1000

hecta / 100

deca / 10

- meter gram liter / 1

deci /10

centi /100 cm cl cg

mili / mm mg ml 1000

1 mm equals at 1000 m

Convertions

1000m = 1km

1000km = 1,000,000m

1000cm = 10m

1000 m= 100,000cm

1000mm = 1m

1000g = 1 kg

1000kg = 1,000,000 g

1000cg = 10 g

1000g = 100000cg

1000mg = 1g

5mL = 0.005L

10mL = 0.01L

10L = 10000mL

525L = 525000mL

24cL = 0.24L

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Introduction to scientific notation

Is an abbreviation to right down number to write numbers that are really big or really small.

2.5,300,000,000,000 miles

<---moved 13

=2.53x 10^13

0.000 000 02.03 seconds

-------> moved 8

2.03x 10^-8

3,749,000,000= 3.749 = 3.749 x 10^9

0.00005269= 5.269= 5.269 x 10^-5

813,000,000,000,000= 8.13 = 8.13 x 10^14

0.000 000 0214= 2.14= 2.14 x 10^-8

792,100,000

0.000082

4,130

.000 000 005 2216

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