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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
1615 g = 1.615 kg
To convert from g to kg, divide by 1000.
How many degrees are ther in between the freezing point and the boiling point on the Celsius scale?
Water freezes at 0o, and boils at 100o, so the difference is 100o.
What does Hg stand for in the metric system?
Nothing.
Hg is the chemical symbol for Mercury and, under the old system, atmospheric pressure was measured in terms of the height of a column of mercury that it could support. In the SI systems this has been replaced by pressure measured in Pascals. Standard atmospheric pressure is 101325 Pa.
What metric unit to weigh a hippopotamus?
The metric unit of Mass is the Kilogram (Kg). If something is really heavy, the tonne.
1 tonne = 1000 Kg.
The weight of a fully-grown hippopotamus is between 1½ and 3 tonnes.
How many grams are equal to 3.2 kilograms?
Remember K H D | d c m (kilo, hecto, deka, (liter, meter, gram), deci, centi, milli). These are the denominations you need to list when converting metric units. Grams are three places to the right of kilograms. So you have to move the decimal place three times to the right (same as multiplying by 1000). You will get 3.3 kg = 3300 g.
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To summarise, just multiply the number of kilogrammes by 1000 to obtain the equivalent in grammes (orig, French spelling).
How many millimeters in 6cm and 7 mm?
There are 10 mm in 1 cm, so 6 cm = 60 mm, then add the 7 mm for 67 mm.
How deep is 12000 feet in meters?
1 ft = 0.3048 meters (exact conversion ratio, this is a good one to memorize).
(12000 ft) * (0.3048 m/ft) = 3657.6 m
What is the formula for converting American standard to metric?
The formula for converting American standard to metric standard, for example from degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Centigrade, is subtracting 32 degrees from the temperature and multiplying by 5/9.
Are miles bigger than or less than kilograms?
Kilograms is a WEIGHT. The word you apparently wanted here is kilometres,which is a metric LENGTH. A kilometre is about 0.6 of a mile
Why SI unit are useful because they are all related by multiples of what?
They are related to larger and smaller units by powers of ten near the basic unit and by powers of 1000 further away.
Convert it all to inches, then multiply the inches by 0.0254 to obtain meters.
Is hectare the unit of perimeter?
No, it is a unit of area (square units) equal to 10,000 square meters. There is no "unit of perimeter" (it is the linear distance around the outside of a shape, analogous to the circumference of a circle). For rectangles, P = 2L + 2W (twice the length plus twice the width). For squares, P = 4S (4 x side length).
What is as long as 10 meter sticks?
10 metres is the height of the highest diving board in co,petition diving.
The first pitch marking from the halfway line. on a rugby union pitch, is the 10 metre line.
What is advantage of the metric system of units over the british system?
1) all units are based on groups of 10. no need to remember that 12 in = 1 ft, 3 ft = 1 yd, 1,760 yds = 1 mile, etc). Its much easier to convert when you're only multiplying or dividing by 10, 1000, .01, etc
2) water is used as a basis for mass and volume. pure water at a volume of 1 mL weighs exactly 1 gram. the british (or US system depending on whom you want to blame for still using it), has few actual "standards" to base their measurements off of. there are a few ... for example the inch has now been standardized to be exactly 2.54 centimeters. (yes, that's true)
To convert from decimeters to meters, you divide by 10. So, 70.25 dm is equal to 7.025 meters.
