![]() ![]() A cube which measures 10cm on each side has an area of 1,000 cc (cubic centimeters). Going larger, the next unit is 1,000 expressed as a kilometer (km), or 1,000m.Īn interesting fact that occurs with metric units all units of weight, length and volume are related. The numbers stay the same, only the decimal point shifts. So, if a meter is 1.00, a tenth of a meter is a decimeter at 0.1m, a centimeter (cm) is one-hundredth of a meter at 0.01m and a milli-meter (mm), or one-thousandth of a meter is 0.001m. We have been using the metric system for decades in pharmaceuticals, photography, chemical industry, optics and even spark plugs.Īs a unit of length measurement, everything is based on the meter, with a shift in the decimal point to the left or right depending upon whether the value goes up or down. is the last country in the world to not be exclusive users of the metric system in everything. ![]() Except for the automotive industry, nothing else has changed. Thomas Jefferson was initiating the reform in his day and we have been saying “the metrics are coming” since 1975. Like it or not, Metrics is here to stay and we will soon be converting everything over to metrics. ![]()
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