WORKING WITH METERS
 

All You Will Need to Know About Metric
 (For Your Everyday Life)
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10 Metric is based on the Decimal system

The metric system is simple to learn. For use in your everyday life you will need to know only ten units. You will also need to get used to a few new temperatures. Of course, there are other units which most persons will not need to learn. There are even some metric units with which you are already familiar; those for time and electricity are the same as you use now.
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BASIC UNITS
Meter: a little longer than a yard (about 1.1 yards) {short description of image}
Liter: a little larger than a quart (about 1.06 quarts)
Gram: a little more than the weight of the paper clip


 

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25 Degrees Fahrenheit

 		 COMMON PREFIXES
(to be used with basic units)
milli: one-thousandth (0.001)
centi:one-hundredth (0.01)
kilo: one-thousand times (1000)
 

For example:
1000 millimeters = 1 meter
100 centimeters = 1 meter
1000 meters = 1 kilometer
1 LITER
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1 QUART


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25 Degrees Celsius
OTHER COMMONLY USED UNITS
millimeter: 0.001 meter - diameter of a paper clip wire
centimeter: 0.01 meter - a little more than the width of a paper clip (about 0.4 inch)
kilometer: 1000 meters - somewhat further than 1/2 mile (about 0.6 miles)
kilogram: 1000 grams - a little more than 2 pounds (about 2.2 pounds)
milliliter: 0.001 liter - five of them make a teaspoon

OTHER USEFUL UNITS
hectare: about 2 1/2 acres
metric ton: about one ton
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1 pound
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1 Kilogram

A meter is a measure of length or distance.
A meter is a little bit longer than a yard.

 

 Name the sport items below that are about one meter long.

      

                                                                

Here are some other metric measures for length that are used often:

MILLIMETER CENTIMETER KILOMETER

 

Here are some items that are one millimeter wide. 

(Ruler is close to actual size on an 800 X 600 screen.)

    
The width of the  The width of the point of the The thickness of the 
point of a pen 		 The width of the wire of a
 



   Here are some items that are one centimeter long or wide.

The width of a

  The length of ant

 The width of a nail on your 

     

 

        

 

Here are some items that are one kilometer long or wide.

         

         

     

 

 2 TRIPS AROUND
THE HIGH SCHOOL TRACK

11 FOOTBALL FIELDS
LINED UP

DISTANCE FROM EVG TO THE EDGEWATER LIBRARY

 

NOW  IT'S TIME TO LEARN HOW TO USE A METRIC RULER.
The ruler below is a centimeter ruler.  It is more than 4cm long.  

 10 millimeters  =  1 centimeter    (Ruler is not actual size.)

 

To practice working with kilometers we can't use a ruler.
 1000 meters = 1 kilometer

 

Millimeters and Centimeter Practice
Which answer is correct?