3.1 Notes MT

Chapter 3 Section 1
Introduction to the Metric System

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• The metric system is commonly known as the International System of Units (SI)

​​Metric System

• Table 3.1 are the seven base units and 3.2 are other common metric units

​​Base Units

• The metric system has specific prefixes for the base 10 system (Table 3.3)

• This Table is one of the most important things you need to know from this Section!!

Base 10 System

A common acronym used to remember the order of the most common metric prefixes for all metric units is:

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​Example 2

​Example 1

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​Example 2

​Example 1

Reorder

Put the following Prefixes in Order from largest to smallest:

• Tera

• Kilo

• Deka

• Deci

• Micro

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Match

Match the following metric prefix for each value:

• 1000

• 0.01

• 0.001

• 1,000,000

• 100

Kilo

Centi

Milli

Mega

Hecto

• Kilo

• Centi

• Milli

• Mega

• Hecto

Drag and Drop

The basic SI unit of length is ​

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The basic SI unit of time is ​

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The basic SI unit of area is ​

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The basic SI unit of power is ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

metre

second

square metre

watt

feet

minute

square feet

joule

cubic metre

​Do #2-40 even on a separate piece of paper

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3.1 Assignment