PREALGEBRA

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PRE-ALGEBRA THE METRIC SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT
SOME IMPORTANT UNITS IN THE METRIC SYSTEM
1 kilometer 1 km 1000 m 1 centimeter 1
cm 1/100, or .01 m 1 millimeter 1
mm 1/1000, or .001 m
CONVERTING WITHIN THE METRIC SYSTEM
TO CONVERT YOU MOVE THE DECIMAL POINT TO THE LEFT
OR THE RIGHT DEPENDING ON THE UNIT OF MEASURE YOU
ARE CONVERTING TO.
L k h d
m d c m
g
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k kanakroos h hop d down
(L) M (g) mountains d during c
cold m months
A TIP FOR REMEMBERING THE METRIC CONVERSION CHART
CONVERT 24 kL to Liters.
24 kL
24.
24,000 L
0
0
0
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METRIC SYSTEM (INTERNATIONAL)
kilo - kilometer, kilogram, kiloliter - km, kg,
kL hecto - hectometer, hectogram, - hm, hg, hL
hectoliter deka - dekameter, dekagram, - dkm,
Dkm, dekaliter dkL meter - liter,
gram - L,m,g deci - decimeter, decigram,
deciliter - dm, dg, dL centi - centimeter,
centigram, centiliter - cm, cg,
cL milli - millimeter, milligram,
milliliter - mm, mg, mL