Metric System

Metric System

100

What is the basic unit for distance?

meter

200

What is the basic unit for weight?

grams

300

What is the basic unit for liquid?

Liter

400

What number is the metric system based on?

10

500

What system is the metric system based on?

Our decimal system

Metric System Prefixes

100

Smallest unit

micro

300

hundreds

hecto

400

tenths

deci

500

tens

deka

Metric System PT2

100

The most current name for the metric system.

International System of Units (SI) 

200

Unit of measure for temperature.

Kelvin

400

Measurement for amount of substance.

mole

Conversions

100

5 kilograms = _______ grams

5000

200

1 centimeters = _______ millimeters

10

300

15 meters = _______hectometers

.15

400

1 decimeters =           meter

0.10 Meter

500

1 gigameter=                      meters

1,000,000,000 meters