Wednesday, 6 July 2011

TABLES OF METRIC UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

In the metric system of measurement, designations of multiples and sub-divisions of any unit may be arrived at by combining with the name of the unit the prefixes deka, hecto, and kilo meaning, respectively, 10, 100, and 1000, and deci, centi, and milli, meaning, respectively, one-tenth, one-hundredth, and one-thousandth. In some of the following metric tables, some such multiples and sub-divisions have not been included for the reason that these have little, if any currency in actual usage.
In certain cases, particularly in scientific usage, it becomes convenient to provide for multiples larger than 1 000 and for subdivisions smaller than one-thousandth. Accordingly, the following prefixes have been introduced and these are now generally recognized:






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 liter1 = 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

Units of Mass


10 milligrams (mg)
= 1 centigram (cg)
10 centigrams
= 1 decigram (dg) = 100 milligrams
10 decigrams
= 1 gram (g) = 1000 milligrams
10 grams
= 1 dekagram (dag)
10 dekagrams
= 1 hectogram (hg) = 100 grams
10 hectograms
= 1 kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams
1000 kilograms
= 1 megagram (Mg) or 1 metric ton(t)



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