Metric!!!!
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This is the metric conversion stair chart. You basically take a place value chart turn it sideways and expand it so it looks like stairs. The Latin prefixes literally mean the number indicated. Meter, liter or gram can be used interchangeably. You use this chart to convert metric measurements like this: • If you are measuring length use meter. • If you are measuring dry weight use grams. • If you are measuring liquid capacity use liter 2
DENSITY
Density is mass per volume, weight per volume, or specific gravity, which is the density of a material per the density of water. Metric system densities are usually in the units of mass per volume, such as kg/L (kilogram per liter) or g/cm3 (gram per cubic centimeter). 6 11/16 in
17 cm
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FACTOR
PREFIX
SYMBOL
+18
exa E
+15
peta P
+12
tera
T +9
giga G
+6 mega M
+3 kilo k +2 hecto h
+1 deka da
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*ROOT WORD ONLY*
­1 deci d
­2 centi c
­3 milli m
­6 micro ­9
nano n
­12 pico p
­15 femto f
­18
atto a
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THERE'S MORE *
1 million microphones = 1 megaphone
2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds
10 cards = 1 decacards
1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche
453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin
10 rations = 1 decoration
100 rations = 1 C­ration
10 millipedes = 1 centipede
3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent
AND EVEN MORE
2 monograms = 1 diagram
8 nickels = 2 paradigms
2 wharves = 1 paradox
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Data:
+ Predict if your object will be more or less dense than another object i.e paper clip > eraser
label Q1 + Predict your objects volume, mass and density and record in a table
+ Measure for the above and record actuals in table
+ convert the actual mass of your object and the actual volume of you object up and down the metric staircase and record below the table
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