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Metric measurements are based upon 10. It is as easy as using money: everyone knows that 100 Cents is 1 Dollar. The US uses Mile-Yard-Feet and you have to know what to mulitply to convert from one to the other.
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If a person tells you she is 6 feet tall, is she basing that measurement on customary units or metric units?
Feet are a measurement in the Imperial system. If she was using Metric it would be in meters, not feet.
If A (-2 -4) and B (-8 4) what is the length of Ab?
Using the distance formula the length of ab is 5 units
What is the length of BC in the right triangle below with legs of 36 and 15?
Using Pythagoras' theorem the length of the hypotenuse is 39 units of measurement.
Find the length of the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle whose legs are 1 unit in length.?
Using Pythagoras's theorem the hypotenuse is the square root of 2 units of length
On a coordinate plane the coordinates of vertices R and T for a polygon are R( and minus6 2) and T(1 2). What is the length of Side RT of the polygon 4 units 7 units 8 units 15 units?
Coordinates: R is (-6, 2) and T is (1, 2) Length of side RT is 7 units using the distance formula
How do you estimate the length of your thumb using the metric units?
gab
Advantage and disadvantage of using a meterstick?
the metric system is divisable by units OS ten which makes it simple to convert measurements in meters into other metric units
What is 2006 Using metric units?
It is 2006. Using metric units does not affect a pure number.
What does metric volume mean?
It is a measurement of volume using units from the metric system.
What would you most likely find on a ruler using the metric system?
A metric ruler measures in inches and centimeters.
What is metric mesument?
Metric measurement is measurement made using units as defined under the metric system.
Why might some US companies use metric units on labels?
They should start using ONLY metric units. It is high time that the United States starts using international units.
What is 18 cm equal to using metric units?
18 centimetres is a metric measure.
What is the length of a highway using metric system?
kilometer
When using metric system what can length be measured in?
Metres
What is metric convertion?
Metric converter is used for all types of conversions, such as distance, length, volume, mass conversion, etc. Now you can convert all these units on your mobile by using online conversion site converterin.
What metric unit is measure to height?
The basic SI (metric) unit for any kind of length or distance (length, width, height, etc...) is the metre (or meter if you're American). Other metric units for height are obtained using multiple-of-ten prefixes - for example, kilometres for thousands of metres, or centimetres for hundredths of metres.
