How do you remember the metric system?

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Shwetank Mauria
Apr 21, 2016

Metric system is in decimals (base 10) notation and hence very easy to calculate. Further, it uses standard names for different powers of 10 and hence easy to remember.

Explanation:

Metric system is easiest to remember. At the central level we have units like

gram for weight
meter for length
*liter for volume

And then ten times are decagram, decameter, decaliter
hundred times is hectogram, hectometer, hectoliter
thousand times is kilogram, kilometer, kiloliter

one-tenth is decigram, decimeter, deciliter
one-hundredth is centigram, centimeter, centiliter
one-thousandth is milligram, millimeter, mililiter

Apart from this, mega is one million times 10^6
Giga is one billion times 10^9
Micro is one-millionth 10^-6
Nano is one-billionth 10^-9
Pico is 10^-12
Femto is 10^-15

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