OBJECTIVE: To learn the English, metric, and SI system of measurement.
The units part of a measurement tells us what scale or standard is being used to represent the result of the measurement.
The two most widely used systems:
- the English system used in the United States
SI Units
The units part of a measurement tells us what scale or standard is being used to represent the result of the measurement.
The two most widely used systems:
- the English system used in the United States
- Pounds (lbs)
- Miles (mi)
- grams (g)
- seconds (s)
- meter (m)
SI Units
Prefix With SI Units
Examples
Use the chart above to help you.
a) What is bigger 1kg or 1000g?
Use the chart above to help you.
a) What is bigger 1kg or 1000g?
- So what do they both have in common?
- They both have grams so convert kilograms to grams.
- So the comparison now is 1000g or 1000g which in this case they are both the same.