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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.

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What physical quantities measured by meter stick?

A meter stick can measure length in meters and centimeters. It is also useful for measuring, drawing straight lines, and serving as a straight edge.

Is kalvin a metric unit?

No, "Kalvin" is not a standard metric unit of measurement. The Kelvin (with an "e") is the unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI).

What is the common profixes in metric system?

kilo (k): 1000

mega (M): a million

giga (G): a billion

milli (m): 1/1000

micro (the Greek letter mu, which looks a bit like a "u"): a millionth

nano (n): a billionth

There are others, too, for example, for larger or smaller numbers.

What kind of difficulties do you think might arise if the US immediately eliminated all units of the English system and replaced them with the units from the metric system?

It would be impossibly hard but it could be done. Just like Australia did it, literally overnight. and they changed their pounds and shilllings to dollars and cents overnight, too. They just said...we are changing ..here's the info, learn it.

How do you convert a 3 dimensional box listed in centimeters to kilograms?

You can't. centmetres are units of length, and kilograms are units of mass.

If you know the density of the box, in grams per millilitre, multiplying the length by height by depth of the box in centimetres will give the volume in millilitres. Multiplying the density by the volume will give the mass in grams.

Would you put a comma in 10000 for an answer for metric system for m to mm?

A comma has nothing to do with the metric system. You put it there to make it easier to read large strings of digits. Alternatively, you could use spaces or other "delimiters".

10000 = 10,000 = 10 000 etc.

How many meters in a sheet of plaster board?

A standard sheet of plasterboard is typically 4 feet by 8 feet, which is equivalent to about 1.2 meters by 2.4 meters.

How is metric system converted to english?

It depends what units you are making. for example: 1ft=12in. for better usage use a calculator and a measuring tape.

Not only that, if the unit you want to convert is either bigger or smaller than the output number depending on what it is you have to multiply or divide.

Why Liberia doesn't use metric system?

Liberia uses the imperial system due to its historical ties with the United States, which also uses the imperial system. The country's educational system and infrastructure were established based on the imperial system, and switching to the metric system would require significant resources and time. Additionally, there may not be a pressing need for Liberia to transition to the metric system.

What is the difference between metric system and natural system?

Both came from something that was observed naturally, and came from the need to facilitate trade. The metric system, however, based it's measurements on standards that could be replicated, and there was the base unit with multiplier prefixes. So while the natural system (or customary system) has for length measurements (inch, foot, yard, mile, etc) the metric system only has the meter and then multiples of meter (like centimeter is 1/100 of a meter, or kilometer is 1000 meters).

How do you interpret imperial and metric systems of drawings?

The imperial system usually uses inches, feet, and yards for measurements, while the metric system uses millimeters, centimeters, and meters. When interpreting drawings, you need to be familiar with both systems to accurately understand dimensions and proportions. It's important to pay attention to the units specified on the drawing to avoid confusion or errors in measurements.

What value is the largest in metric system?

value of what?

distance = metre, since kilometre is literally 1000 metres.

weight = tonne (metric ton)

The largest value of the metric system is that it is uniform and works.

The metric system, or more correctly the SI system, can measure pretty much anything. It uses seven base units; length-metre, mass-kilogram, time-second, temperature-kelvin, electric current-ampere, luminous intensity-candela, amount of substance-mole. From these seven all the other units are derived. Speed is metre per second, acceleration metre per second per second, force(in newtons) kilogram times metres divided by seconds squared. Energy is newtons times metres.

The size of the unit is only limited by the size of the thing measured. Temperature has a lower limit of 0 kelvin, absolute zero, no temperature below this is theoretically possible, and speed has an upper limit of 300 000 000 metre/second, the speed of light.

The SI system uses prefixes to indicate the fraction or multiple of the unit. milli- indicates one thousandth of the unit, so one millimetre is one thousandth of a metre (0.001m)

The prefix for the highest multiple is Yotta; 1Ym is 1 yottametre or one septillion metres, which is a 1 with 24 zeros after it. The number of millions of yottametres you can have is only limited by the size of the universe.

What unit would you use to measure the width of a park?

The base unit of length is the metre. You would use metres to measure a park.

A Rugby pitch is roughly 100 metres long by 70 metres wide.

What is the SI unit of Thermal power?

The SI unit for power, thermal or mechanical, is the watt, W.

1 W = 1 J/s (joule/second).

Are bushels metric or English?

Bushels are a unit of measurement in the English system, not the metric system.

What is 3575 g in kilograms?

3575 g = 3.575 kg

To convert from g to kg, divide by 1000.

Is 140g or 145g the closest to the measurement of an apple?

That depends on the size of the apple. 5 grams is quite a small difference. The best thing to do is get an apple and weigh it.

Is the unit of work the jule in the metric system?

The SI (metric) unit of work is the joule. The roule is also the base unit a energy,v work is just a variant of energy.

One joule is the energy used (or work done) moving a force of one newton a distance of one metre. Or The energy used in passing a current of one ampere through a resistance of one ohm for one second.

It is named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule.