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MEASURING LENGTHS

Do you know what they are? Do you

know what they are used for?

What is metric system?

10
km kilometer

hm hectometer

dam decameter

m meter

dm decimeter

cm centimeter

mm millimeter

10

The length determines the

distance between two

points, or in other words, it

is the amount of space

between two points.

For example, the distance

between my house and school

The principal unit for measuring

length is the meter.

10 mm = 1 cm

100 cm = 1 m

1m = 1 km