Wednesday 25 September 2013

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

Units of Length
10 millimeters (mm)

= 1 centimeter (cm)
10 centimeters

= 1 decimeter (dm) = 100 millimeters
10 decimeters

= 1 meter (m) = 1000 millimeters
10 meters

= 1 dekameter (dam)
10 dekameters

= 1 hectometer (hm) = 100 meters
10 hectometers

= 1 kilometer (km) = 1000 meters


Units of Area
100 square millimeters (mm2)

= 1 square centimeter (cm2)
100 square centimeters

= 1 square decimeter (dm2)
100 square decimeters

= 1 square meter (m2)
100 square meters

= 1 square dekameter (dam2) = 1 are
100 square dekameters

= 1 square hectometer (hm2) = 1 hectare (ha)
100 square hectometers

= 1 square kilometer (km2)
Units of Liquid Volume
10 milliliters (mL)

= 1 centiliter (cL)
10 centiliters

= 1 deciliter (dL) = 100 milliliters
10 deciliters

= 1 liter = 1000 milliliters
10 liters

= 1 dekaliter (daL)
10 dekaliters

= 1 hectoliter (hL) = 100 liters
10 hectoliters

= 1 kiloliter (kL) = 1000 liters
Units of Volume
1000 cubic millimeters (mm3)

= 1 cubic centimeter (cm3)
1000 cubic centimeters

= 1 cubic decimeter (dm3)
= 1 000 000 cubic millimeters

1000 cubic decimeters

= 1 cubic meter (m3)
= 1 000 000 cubic centimeters
= 1 000 000 000 cubic millimeters


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