1. The Metric Measurement

2. Our money system is also a base 10 system
Ex. It takes 10 pennies to equal 1 dime.
A dime is 10x more than a penny. If a dime is = 1 than a penny is 0.1

3. Meter
The entire stick is 1 meter.

4. Liter
The bottle is 1 liter.
About equal to
1 US quart.

5. Gram The gold square is 1 gram. About equal to the mass
of a large paper clip.

6. Celsius & Kelvin Take Celsius and add 273 to get Kelvin.
The Kelvin scale measures
absolute zero.

7. Bigger than the standard
Kilo = 1,000
If you had 1,000 of the gold squares you would have a kilogram of gold.

8. Bigger than the standard
Hecto = 100
If you had 100 of the gold squares you would have a hectogram of gold.

9. Bigger than the standard
Deka = 10
If you had 10 of the gold squares you would have a dekagram of gold.

10. Smaller than the standard
Milli = 1/1000 or .001
Contains 1000 millimeter markings (smallest lines)on the stick.

11. Smaller than the standard
Centi = 1/100 or .01
Contains 100 centimeter markings.
Numbered markings 1to the end of stick (100)

12. Smaller than the standard
Deci = 1/10 or .1
Contains 10 decimeter markings.
Every 10th centimeter is denoted as a decimeter by it's bigger font.

13. Reading Metric Units mg = milligram
m is for the prefix milli and g is the standard for gram
dkL = dekaLiter
dk is for the prefix deka and L is the standard for liter
g = gram
Gram is the standard for mass.