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Metric System
The metric system is an international basis of measurement based on a decimal system. It uses standard base units to name larger and smaller units.
2,771 Questions
What is the formula of converting kilograms to tons?
example how many kilograms is 6 tons
6 x 907.18474 = 5443.10844 Kg
How many millimeters are in 17 meters?
17,000. 1,000 are in a meter, multiply 1,000 by 17 to get 17,000.
How do you change metric units into other metric units?
The answer depends on whether they are measures of the same or different characteristic.
There is no simple conversion from metre (distance) to kilogram (mass). The link with the water was scrapped more than 50 years ago!
For measures of the same characteristic, it involves multiplication or division by powers of 10. But make sure you take full account of the power when the characteristic is a squared or cubed unit (eg square metres to square millimetres or cubic metres to cubic centimetres).
By unit of length and distance and conversion ,we can say that
1 ft=12 inches
5 ft =1 2X 5=60 in
What metric unit is used to record changes in distance?
The metre is the metric unit for distance. You can also use fractions like cm, or multiples like km.
Lengths - including wavelengths - are measured in meters. Of course, multiple or sub-multiples such as kilometers, nanometers, etc. may be used in practice.
By unit of length and distance and conversion ,we can say that
1 ft =12 in
8 ft = 96 in
8.85 ft = 96+85 = 181 in
Is English system considered as a metric system?
The English system is a measurement system; in a sense it is a metric system but it is not the metric system, so I would avoid using that word to describe it.
Who invinted the metric system?
I'm not sure if it was the work of one individual. It arose in the early years of the Republic of France in the 18C, to impose some order on the nation's long-established but absurdly plethoric assortment of independent, regional, trade-based units of measure.
What is a large unit like a mile in the metric system?
militer
Kilometer (or kilometre), which is 1000 meters (metres) and equals 0.621 mile or 3280.8 feet.
How many decimeters in a square meter?
Doen't work.
Decimeter is a unit of length.
Square decimeter is a unit of area.
You can only compare and convert between the same kind of units.
Otherwise, you might as well ask how fast is a pound.
What is the metric system for measuring width?
Width is a length or distance. The unit of length is the meter.
Name the number that is the basis for the Metric System and SI System of Measurement?
10, and its negative and positive powers.
