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online unit conversion the basic metric units are meter for length gram for mass or weight and liter for volume one unit can be converted into another one for example one milliliter equals one cubic centimeter and one gram is the weight of one cc of water to convert various prefixes and thus variously-sized units we move up and down this list of prefixes moving the decimal point as we go this is the process of converting one unit to another 1 milliliter 0.1 centiliters 0.01 deciliters 0.001 liters 0.000 1 dekaliters 0.000 01 hectoliters 0.000 001 kiloliters

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unit conversion definition unit conversion is defined as the process of converting one unit to another there are a number of metric prefixes involved in unit conversions metric prefixes kilo hecto deca deci centi and millithe following sentence is used to remember the prefixes in order king henry doesn t usually drink chocolate milk kilo hecto deca unit deci centi millithe first letters of the words stand for the prefixes usually stands for unit being meters grams or liters each step is ten times or one-tenth as much as the step on either side so we have 1 kilometer 10 hectometers 100 decameters 1000 meters 10,000 decimeters 100,000 centimeters 1,000,000 millimeters

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metric prefix kilo hecto deka base unit deci centi milli units of length common unit 1000 100 10 1 0.1 0.01 0.001 exponent 103 102 101 100 10-1 10-2 10-3 symbol k h d or da meters grams or liters d c m even before the idea of measurements got standardized it was largely driven by who was doing the measuring a yard was the distance from the tip of the nose to the end of an outstretched arm or foot an inch was considered often as the length of the index finger s second bone the units of measure for length most commonly used in the united states are inches feet yards and miles units of measurement are not case sensitive and so we could use either cm or cm to set a measure for a given rule when we are using centimeters inches are standard measure of length in the imperial system of measurement the measure for converting mm to inch would be 25.4 mm to an inch 10 mm to cm and 2.54 cm to inch pica s and points are basic typesetting units of measure there are 72 points for an inch 12 points for 1 pica and 6 pica s equals to1 inch the p-length and q-height refer to the length and height of the letters `p and `q respectively while pixels are the standard units of measure for gauging the height and width on computer screens some equivalent measures are 12 inches 1foot 3 feet 1 yard 5280 feet 1 mile

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conversion of lengths feet to inches number of inches number of feet x 12 inches to feet number of feet number of inches ÷ 12 yards to feet number of feet number of yards x 3 miles to feet number of feet number of miles x 5,280 length conversion this section would help us learn dimensional analysis and how this could this be used to solve various types of everyday problems if we need to complete a particular work which is not exactly matching with the available dimensions then we need to do a quick analysis and make necessary changes to match the required amount or length to do that convert one unit of measurement into another and make use of the available sources into proper logical solutions how do we convert one measure into another step 1 find out the converting factor according to the definition step 2 ratio of the two measuring or the conversion factor is multiplied to change into the required unit example of length conversion suppose we need to buy one fabric of 3 feet and the store we intend to buy from is selling that in meters then we need to think quickly and convert the required length of fabric from feet into meters.

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here one meter is equivalent to 3.28 feet or 3 feet is equivalent to 0.3048 meters so we have to buy 3 times this converting factor so fabric bought would be equivalent to 3 x 0.3048 m 0.9144 meters units of volume the space occupied by a solid is called its volume standard unit of volume the standard unit of volume is 1 cubic centimeter written as 1 cu cm or 1 cm3 the smaller unit of volume is 1 cubic millimeter written as 1 cu mm or 1 mm3 the larger unit of volume is 1 cubic meter written as 1 cu m or m3 the basic unit of capacity in metric system is liter volume conversion convert one milliliter to metric units s.no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 metric cubic meter cubic decimeter cubic centimeter cubic milliliter hectoliter decaliter liter deciliter numerical value 1 x 106 0.001 1 1000 1 x 105 0.0001 0.001 0.01

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9 10 centiliter microliter 0.1 1000 examples on volume conversion given below are some examples on volume conversion example 1 the capacity of a closed cylindrical vessel of height is 15.4 liters what is the radius of the cylinder solution given volume 15.5 liters 15400 cm3 and h 1m 100 cm 1 liter 1000 cm3 1 m 100 cm x r2 x h 15400 227 x r2 x 100 15400 r2 49 r 7 cm example 2 the volume of the cistern is 3 m long 2 m wide and 1 m deep how many liters of water must be thrown out so as to keep the water level 50 cm solution length 3 m width 2 m height 1 m volume of water to be emptied in the cistern 3 x 2 x 12

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3 m3 since 1 m3 1000 liters 3000 liters of water must be thrown out units of weight in an object weight is defined as the amount of matter in it it depends on the force of attraction for an object on the earth the measure term is used for specific result and is obtained from the measurement process standard unit of weight in metric system the common units of weight are grams kilograms and tons conversion of metric units to imperial units s no 1 2 3 4 metric unit gram kilogram metric ton 1000 kg metric ton 1000 kg imperial/u.s units 0.035 ounces 2.21 pounds 0.98 uk tons 1.10 us tons weight conversion convert 1 kilogram into metric units.

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s no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 metric symbol of units kilotons tons kilo newtons kn canter kilo gram kg newton n gram g centigram cg milligram mg microgram mcg conversion 0.000001 0.001 0.009807 0.01 1 9.807 1000 100,000 1,000,000 1,000,000,000 examples on weight conversion given below are some examples on weight conversion example 1 convert 12 tons into kilogram solution we know that 1 ton 1,000 kilogram therefore 12 tons 12 x 1000 12,000 kilograms example 2 convert 25 grams to kilograms solution we know that 1 kg 1000 grams therefore 25 grams 25 x 0.001

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0.025 grams example 3 convert 2 kg to pounds solution we know that 1 kg 2.21 pounds therefore 2 kg 2 x 2.21 4.42 pounds unit conversion chart given below is the chart used for unit conversions 1 cubic meter 1 cubic yard 1 cubic yard 1 cubic yard 1 board foot 1 kilogram 1 pound/sf 1 psi 1 psi 1 pound/cubic foot 1kg/cubic meter 423.776 board feet 0.765 cubic meters 324.000 board feet 27 cubic feet 144 cubic inches 2.204 pound 0.00694 psi 144 pounds/sf 6.895 kpa 16.02 kg/cubic meter 0.06242 pounds/cubic meter unit conversion examples given below are some examples on unit conversion.

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example 1 convert 14.25 kilometers to centimeters solution kilo hecto deca unit deci centi millito convert km to cm we need to move 5 places towards the right so we move the decimal point 5 digits towards the right 14.25000 kilometers 1,425,000 centimeters example 2 convert 256 ml to hl solution kilo hecto deca unit deci centi millito convert ml to hl we need to move 5 places towards left so we move the decimal point 5 places towards the left 256 ml would be 0.00256 hl example 3 mary made 1.25 l of juice how many milliliters of juice does she have solution we can write a proportion to change metric units of measurement step1 let us use the relationship of liter to milliliters to write a proportion 1 l1,000ml 12.5 lxml step 2 find the cross product x 12.5 x 1000 step 3 solve for x x 12,500 ml so mary has 12,500 ml of juice.

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