Metric Prefixes

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Metric Prefixes
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Bi-lingual
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Kilo Hecto Deka Units deci centi milli

• 1000 100 10 1 .1 .01 .001

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Remember these
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To change from one metric unit to another, you
must Know where you are, and know where you
want to go.
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Example
Change 25cm to mm To change from cm to mm, you
must move one place to the right
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Do this with the decimal point and change
prefix 25cm 250mm
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Example 2
Change 353 mm to dm
K H D U . d c m To do this you must move two
places to the left 353mm 3.53dm
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Example
Change 253mm to meters
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Know where you are
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Change 253mm to meters
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Know where you want to go
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Change 253mm to meters
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253mm .253m