Metric System and Metric Conversions Questions and Answers Graded A+

Metric System and Metric Conversions Questions and Answers Graded A+ What unit is the metric system based on? Tens What do the prefixes in front of the base [meter, liter, gram] signify? How much greater or less than the unit [one] the unit is. kilo (k) 1,000: one thousand hecto (h) 100: one hundred deca (dk) 10: ten unit [meter, liter, gram] 1 deci (d) 0.1 or 1/10, one tenth centi (c) 0.01 or 1/100, one hundredth milli (m) 0.001 or 1/1000, one thousandth length meter volume liter mass gram ml in a liter 1,000 ml mg in a gram 1,000 mg order of mass milligrams, grams, hectograms, kilograms order of length mm, cm, m, km g in a kg 1,000 g hg in kg 10 hg mm in cm 10 mm cm in m 100 cm m in km 1,000 m 7 km 7000 m 70 km 70,000 m 700 cm 7 m 23,000 mL 23 L 2300 mL 2.3 L 23 mL .023 L 45 mm 4.5 cm 7500 g 7.5 kg 750 g .75 kg 450 mm 45 cm 75 g .075 kg