SI Metric System of Measurement

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Forging new generations of engineers
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SI Metric System

• How is it different from the
• English System?

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History of the SI Metric System

• 1670 Gobriel Mounton, receives credit for
  originating the metric system
• 1792 Worlds first decimal currency (U.S. dollar
  consisting of 100 cents)
• 1996 All surface temperature observations in
  National Weather Service are now transmitted in
  degrees Celsius
• Project (2000) Stock Exchanges change to decimal

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Metric to English Conversions

• METRIC
• 1 Meter
• 1 Centimeter
• 1 Millimeter
• 1 Decimeter
• 1 Kilometer
• 1.609 km

• ENGLISH
• 3.28 feet
• .393 inch
• .0393 inch
• 3.937 inch
• 3280.83 feet
• 1 Mile

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More English to Metric Conversions
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Prefixes
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The Metric System
m meter mm millimeter cm centimeter km
kilometer g - gram mg milligram kg kilogram
l - liter ml - millimeter m2 - square meter m3 -
cubic meter km2 - square kilometer t - metric
ton ha - hectare
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Metric System - Length
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Metric System - Mass
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Metric System - Area
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Metric System - Volume
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Special Relationships
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Conversion Table
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Visual Comparisons
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SI Symbols Review

• m ?
• mm ?
• cm ?
• km ?

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SI Review

• What Does SI stand for ?
• Is this system fraction or decimal based ?
• Who is Gabriel Mouton ?
• How many cm in 1 inch ?
• How many mm 1 cm ?
• How many cm 1 m ?
• How many meters 1 km ?