1. The Metric System
The Metric System
“We are making miles and miles of progress toward the metric system” Gerald Ford

2. METRIC MONEY That is, money based on the decimal system

3. BUT we insist on keeping the archaic inch-pound measurement system based on...

4. fractions of an inch. 12 inches to a foot…. 3 feet to a yard…. 5
fractions of an inch inches to a foot…. 3 feet to a yard… yards to a rod rods to a mile ,560 sq ft to an acre...

5. 16 ounces to a pound ounces to a pound... (troy) 4 quarts to a gallon... 3 teaspoons to a tablespoon…

6. While the U.S. continues using inch-pound measures, almost all the other countries has adopted the METRIC SYSTEM Exceptions: Liberia and Myanmar

7. Now the metric system is all around us:

8. We buy cola in liters. We by film in millimeters. We run 10 km races
We buy cola in liters... We by film in millimeters... We run 10 km races... (in fact, all U.S. track and field events are in metric units) We swim in 25 meter pools... We watch metric Olympics...

9. The entire U. S. automobile industry is metric
The entire U.S. automobile industry is metric... All pharmaceuticals are metric... as is the entire health care industry

10. Also metric: The liquor industry Most farm machinery and heavy equipment The machine tool industry Most electronics All medicine and science

11. SI Base Units of Measurement
The Metric System
SI Base Units of Measurement
The Metric System
Mass
the gram; g
1 gram ≈ 1/28 ounce
Length
the meter; m
1 meter ≈ yard
Volume
the liter; l
defined as 1000 cubic centimeters
1 liter ≈ quart
Rick Hershberger • 9 November 2018

12. Metric Prefixes giga-, G mega-, M kilo-, k centi-, c milli-, m
The Metric System
Metric Prefixes
The Metric System
giga-, G
x10+9, or billions
mega-, M
x10+6, or millions
kilo-, k
x10+3, or thousands
centi-, c
x10-2, or hundredths
milli-, m
x10-3, or thousandths
micro-, µ
x10-6, or millionths
nano-, n
x10-9, or billionths
pico-, p
x10-12, or trillionths
Rick Hershberger • 9 November 2018

13. In science classes, be fully metric.
The Metric System
Rick Hershberger • 11/9/2018