Introduction to the Metric System

I have listed below a table of the prefixes, symbols, factor numbers, and factor words that you will need to know for our quiz on Friday.

Prefix	Symbol	Factor Number	Factor Word
Kilo	k	1,000	Thousand
Hecto	h	100	Hundred
Deca	da	10	Ten
Deci	d	0.1	Tenth
Centi	c	0.01	Hundredth
Milli	m	0.001	Thousandth

Remember that the prefixes can be used with any form of measurement such as volume, mass, and length. For your homework assignment of the day, you will first have to measure the length of a textbook. After this is done, you are required to weigh the same textbook and then find the volume of it. These measurements have to be in metric units. 

When you find the length of the textbook, convert it to centimeters.
After you find the mass of the textbook, convert it to decagrams.
When you find the volume of the textbook, convert it to centimeters.

This will be due at the beginning of the class.