Open for improvements. Thanks God bless us all.

3. 1. gain knowledge about measurements
2. gain knowledge on how early people
measure things around

4. 3. Identify and use the following prefixes
in the metric system
4. be able answer why measurements
are important

6. During ancient times, people have ways of
measuring things around him.

13. question
s?

14. English System vs. Metric System

16. Remember:
is used for measuring length
*came from the greek word metron, “to measure”
is used for determining mass (weight)
is the metric unit for volume

17. The
is currently the generally
accepted system of units in the
.
-international abbreviation
• SI (from the French Le
Système International d’
Unités)

18. Below are the most common prefixes and
their meanings.
Prefix kilo- hecto- deka- deci- centi- milli-
Symbol k h da d c m
Value 1 000 100 10 1
1
10
or 0.1
1
100
or
0.01
1
1000
or
0.001
Remember:
is used for measuring length
is used for determining mass (weight)
is the metric unit for volume

20. question
s?

22. 1500 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 = 1 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡
3 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡 = 1 𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑑
5 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡 = 1 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒
125 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 = 1 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔
8 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 = 1 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒
12 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 = 1 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑒

23. 1500 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 = 1 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡
3 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡 = 1 𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑑
5 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡 = 1 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒
125 𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 = 1 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔
8 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 = 1 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒
12 𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠 = 1 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑒

25. question
s?

26. E-Math 7
Practice and Application
Test VI
Page 72

27. The
is currently the generally
accepted system of units in the
.
-international abbreviation
• SI (from the French Le
Système International d’
Unités)