The metric system is defined as :. It is also known as the International System of Units. All but three countries in the entire world use the metric system of measurement. Some of the major countries using the metric system include:. The imperial system is defined as:. The British Imperial System was the official weights and measures system used in Great Britain from to The system developed as a way to unite the country by having a single measurement system rather than the many local measurement systems.
When the USCS was created, the metric system was not as widespread as it is today. Since all industries in the U. Switching an entire country to the metric system can take decades. While the U. Examples include measuring the amount of juice in a juice can, or amount of water of in a water tank. Time: Second is the base unit for time. The other metric units of time are:.
Instead of handing our word problem worksheets to your child, site real life instances in which the child is required to measure length, weight or capacity in metric units or convert bigger units into smaller units. For instance, at the grocery store, ask your child to weight 8 apples using a digital weight balance, in kilograms.
Then ask him to convert the weight into grams and milligrams. Length , Weight , Volume. All Rights Reserved. I want to use SplashLearn as a Teacher Parent Already Signed up?
Sign Up for SplashLearn. For Parents. For Teachers. I Accept Update Privacy Settings. Kilometer km. Hectometer hm. Decameter dam. Meter m. Decimeter dm. Centimeter cm. SI is designed to make measurements and calculations easy to perform and understand, which is one of the main reasons scientists use it. The metric system provides units of measurement for distance, volume, mass, time, and temperature.
It builds these units using a basic unit and a set of prefixes. The following list shows five important basic units in the metric system.
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