The system of measurement that is based on the power of ten
What is the metric (or SI) system
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A straight-edged strip of rigid material marked at regular intervals and used to measure
What is a ruler
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Scientific notation is commonly used in converting numbers within this measuring system
What is the metric (SI) system
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A unit of measure equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimeters
What is foot
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The mass in g of water being 1.00 x 106kg
What is 1.0 x 106kg x (1000g / kg) = 106000g
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The measuring system based on the foot, second, and pound as units of length, time, and mass
What is the (Standard, English, English Standard, Common, US Common) system
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An instrument for measuring the distance between two points, used mostly for thickness and diameter
What is a caliper
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A ratio (fraction) in which the quantity is in the numerator is equivalent to the quantity in the denominator
What is conversion factor
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The factor to convert m into mm
What is 10^3
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5 gallons of water equals this many quarts of water
What is 5 gallons x (4 quarts / 1 gallon) = 20 quarts
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This measurement system is the most widely used system of measurement in the world
What is the metric (SI) system
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To change from one measurement system is to
convert
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Contains desired units in the numerator and the given units in the denominator
What is conversion factor
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The factor to convert mm into m
What is 10^-3
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1 centimeter is approximately this many inches
What is 1 cm x (1 inch / 2.54 cm) = 0.39
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This system of measurement has seven base units from which other units are derived. The base units are: meter for displacement or length, kilogram for mass, second for time, kelvin for temperature, ampere for electric current, candela for luminous intensity, and mole for material quantity.
What is the International System of Units (SI)
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A measure of width, height, or length
What is dimension
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Using a conversion factor to cancel unwanted units is similar to
What is multiplying fractions
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The factor to convert inches to centimeters
What is 2.54cm/inch
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1 centimeter is equal to this many meter
What is 10^-2 meters
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These two units were re-defined in 1893 U.S. law respectively as the
length corresponding to 2.54 centimeters (exactly), and the volume corresponding to 3.785412 liters.
What is the inch and the gallon.
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Thin lines capped with arrowheads, which may be broken along their length to provide space for numerals
What is dimension lines
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This specifies the weight of a number in the SI unit system
What is (prefix, prefix symbol, exponential factor)
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1 gallon = 4 quarts
What is a common conversion factor
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You should never do this in intermediary conversion calculations