Units from the metric system can be used to describe the mass, volume or length of an object. Mass is measured in grams (g) and kilograms (kg). Volume is measured in millilitres (ml) and litres (l).

The sunflower is 214 cm tall. Calculate the height of the sunflower in metres and millimetres. There are 100 centimetres in a metre. \(214 \div 100 = 2.14 \text{m}\) There are 10 millimetres in a ...

A metric prefix is a numerical multiplier that is placed before a basic unit of measure to indicate a specified multiple or fraction of that unit. The 20 recognized metric prefixes have been specified ...

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In 1975, the United States passed the Metric Conversion Act. The legislation was meant to slowly transition its units of measurement from feet and pounds to meters and kilograms, bringing the US up to ...