Within the metric system all units are based on the number?

Answer 1

water. its all based on water.

1m^3 of water is one liter.

1cm^3 is 0.01liter.

1mm^3 is 0.001liter.

thats how length is used in relation to volume in the metric system. the number that its all based on is 10. we have ten fingers, ten toes. our whole number system is based around ten. the metric system works in tens. imperial is messed up with divisions of 16.

think about it... one tonne metric is 1000kilograms... what is it imperial? 2000 something pounds. like that makes sense. or inches into a yard, or yards in a mile. its 100centimeters in a meter. 1000 meters in a kilometer. too easy.

Further answer

The questioner asks what NUMBER the metric system is based on. Water is not a number. However,. it's one of the things that can be measured by the metric system. And the other things are everything. The number the system is based on is ten.

However, the argument about whether it's better than the imperial system continues. Those who haven't used imperial don't see its advantages.

Answer 2

One goal of the metric system is to have a single unit for any physical quantity; another important one is not needing conversion factors when making calculations with physical quantities. All lengths and distances, for example, are measured in metres, or thousandths of a metre (millimetres), or thousands of metres (kilometre), and so on. There is no profusion of different units with different conversion factors, such as inches, feet, yards, fathoms, rods, chains, furlongs, miles, nautical miles, leagues, etc. Multiples and submultiples are related to the fundamental unit by factors of powers of ten, so that one can convert by simply moving the decimal place: 1.234 metres is 1234 millimetres, 0.001234 kilometres, etc. The use of fractions, such as 2⁄7 of a metre, is not prohibited, but uncommon, as it is generally not necessary.

Answer 3

The metric system is based on multiples of 10, which means that each unit is a power of 10 larger or smaller than the previous unit. This makes conversions between units easy and intuitive. The base unit for length is the meter, for mass is the gram, and for volume is the liter.

Answer 4

Within the metric system all units are based on the number 10. The only countries in the world that do not use the metric system are Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States of America.

Answer 5

10