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Yes decimal means base 10 and all metric measurements are base 10 as well.

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13y ago

The metric system is a system of weights and measures. Fractions are usually given in decimal ( base 10 ) notation (e.g. 3.25) as opposed to the vulgar fractions (e.g. 3¼) commonly used in the old imperial system.

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14y ago

The Metric system, developed in France, has mostly supplanted the Imperial system in England. Depending on age, many people may still know or understand the Imperial system better, however. Exceptions are distance (we use miles, not kilometres) and quantities of milk and beer (pints, not litres).

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13y ago

The various units for measuring the same characteristic are related to one another by powers of ten.

Unlike the Imperial system. For example measurements of length have bases of 12 (inches in a foot), 3 (feet in a yard), 22 (yards in a chain), 10, (chains in a furlong), 8 (furlongs in a mile)!

Similarly, mass has 16, 14, 8, 20 (oz - lbs - stone - cwt - tonne)!

And that is why the metric system (or SI) is so much simpler to use.

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12y ago

because you do not use fractions just decimals.

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11y ago

Because "decimal" means "related to 10s" and the units of different magnitude (size) are related to one another by factors/multiples of ten.

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14y ago

yes the metric system is a decimal system

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13y ago

The metric system is similar to the decimal system in that they are both BASE-10.

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11y ago

Definitely YES. multiples of ten are so simple to calculate because you only need to add zeros or move the location of the decimal point.

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12y ago

because it is all in powers of 10

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