7/18/2017

IMPERIAL AND METRIC BASIC UNITS

IMPERIAL AND METRIC BASIC UNITS Are :
  •  Length
  •  Area
  •  Volume
  •  Weight
  • Temperature.
IMPERIAL AND METRIC BASIC UNITS

LENGTH

Metric – millimetre (mm), centimetre (cm), metre (m), kilometre (km).
Facts for reference
Ten millimetres = one centimetre
100 centimetres = one metre
1000 millimetres = one metre
1000 metres = one kilometre.
Imperial – inch (in), foot (ft), yard (yd), mile.
The imperial system does not generally use pre-fixes for measurement except for
thousandths of an inch (.001), which is common. Fractions of an inch are used such
as sixtyfourths, thirtyseconds, sixteenths, eighths, quarters, and one half.

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