The document provides an overview of the metric system's structure, explaining its bases for measurement in length, volume, and mass, including conversion examples. It highlights the historic adoption of the metric system in 1791 by the French Republic, motivated by revolutionary ideals. Additionally, it touches upon the concept of metric time and offers a link to the French Republican calendar.

1. Metric SystemConnections and Why We Use It

2. Before MetricSubjective, Variable and Confusing

4. Volume3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon3 tablespoons = a jigger2 tablespoons is 1 fluid ounce8 fluid ounces = 1 cup2 cups = 1 pint2 pints = 1 quart4 quarts = 1 gallon55 gallons = 1 barrel of oil63 gallons = 1 hogshead

5. Length: DistanceMETER

6. Volume: How Much Something HoldsLITER

7. Mass: Density/Weight RelatedGRAM

8. Metric Basics to Remember

9. French Republic Adopts Metric: 1791

10. French Revolution IdealsLibertyFraternityEquality The metric system was not based on kings or trade guilds, or used archaic and seemingly random conversion numbers, but on the Earth and a ten base.

11. How They Got the MeterDistance from equator to pole.Divide by 10,000One meter

12. How Length Becomes Volume0.1 meter0.1 meter0.1 meter

13. 1 Liter0.1 meter0.1 meter0.1 meter

14. How Volume Becomes Mass

15. 1 Kilogram

16. Relationship0.1 cubic meter =1 liter1 liter = 1 kilogram of water1 kilogram of water = 0.1 cubic meter0.1 cubic meter….

17. 1 g = 1 cm2 = 1ml

18. Length10 millimeters = 1 centimeter10 centimeters = 1 decimeter10 decimeters = 1 meter10 meters = 1 decameter10 decameters = 1 heptameter10 heptameters = 1 kilometer

19. 1 Meter1000 millimeters 100 centimeters10 decimeters1 meter0.1 decameters0.01 heptameters 0.001 kilometer

20. Words Having Meaning (in Latin)Milli = one thousandthCenti = one-hundrethDeci = one-tenthMeter = MeasureDeca = tenHepto = one hundredKilo = one thousand

22. Metric NuttinessTaking a good thing too far….

23. Metric Time The day, from midnight to midnight, is divided into ten parts, each part into ten others, so on until the smallest measurable portion of duration. The hundredth part of the hour is called decimal minute; the hundredth part of the minute is called decimal second.

24. Metric Calendar http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=French_Republican_Calendar&oldid=304486375