Financial Algebra 4.1 Basic Units of the International System of Units (SI)
Name:
US Distances
Other parts of the world
US Weights
Other parts of the world
US Volume
Other parts of the world
International System of Units
In what countries is SI used?
Why do we need to know the SI?
Give some examples of where we commonly already use SI?
Decimal System
Number
US Term
Metric Prefix
One
(no prefix)
Symbol
1,000,000,000
1,000,000
1,000
100
10
1
1/10
1/100
1/1000
1/1,000,000
1/1,000,000,000
Prefixes are
and not
.
(no symbol)
Spaces instead of commas
US
1,000
2,000,000
7,000,000,000
.001
.1
SI
1 000
US Term
What are the three most common metric units
1.
2.
3.
Example
Use SI prefixes and symbols to express the following
1. 3000 grams
2. 0.3 meter
3. 2,000,000 meters
4. 5,000 grams
5. 6/100 gram
6. 1/100 liter
Assignment p.69 1-3
Metric
prefix Symbol