Note: The presentation of Unit Conversions is less than complete. They start with a "general feel" approach (which is smaller , which is larger, divide or multiply). The move to the "cancellation" approach is not documents, and it is not explained, and it has a funny partial problem stuck in the middle of page 31
Prefix: | kilo | hecto | deca | deci | centi | milli | |
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Size compared to the unit | 1,000 | 100 | 10 | 1 | 1/10 or 0.1 | 1/100 or 0.01 | 1/1000 or 0.001 |
length: | kilometer | hectometer | decameter | meter | decimeter | centimeter | millimeter |
volume: | kiloliter | hectoliter | decaliter | liter | deciliter | centiliter | milliliter |
mass: | kilogram | hectogram | decagram | gram | decigram | centigram | milligram |
©Roger M. Palay
Saline, MI 48176
September, 1999