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Conversions between English and Metric Systems

❖ -Why learning conversions?

❖ - How to do conversions?
❖ - Examples

* English Units = U.S. Customary Units

Prepared by: Ms. ERLIE ROSE R. VERGARA

*Why learning conversions?
The metric system provides a
universal language for measurement
that can be understood regardless of
where you are from or what language
you speak.
 *Basic Types of Measurement
Length: measures distance between objects

Volume: measures the amount of space

something takes up
Mass: measures the amount of matter
in an object
Other Types of measurement include:

✓ time
✓ temperature
✓ density
✓ PH
* Measurement System Comparisons
MEASUREMENT ENGLISH SI SYSTEM
LENGTH Yard / Inch Meter / Centimeter
MASS Ounce / Pound Gram / Kilogram
VOLUME Quart Liter
TEMPERATURE Fahrenheit Celsius / Kelvin
TIME Second Second

All Measurement systems have standards.

Standards are exact quantities that everyone
agrees to use as a basis of comparison.
 * The SI System uses the following prefixes:

Kilo 1000 This system works with any

SI measurement.
Hecto 100
The UNIT becomes
Deca 10 whichever type of
1 measurement you are
UNIT making. (mass, volume, or
Deci 1/10 length)
Centi 1/100 It is the same system
Milli 1/1000 regardless if you are
measuring length, mass, or
volume.
 *Derived SI Units (examples)
Quantity unit Symbol
Volume cubic meter m3
Density kilograms per kg/m3
cubic meter
Speed meter per second m/s
Newton kg m/ s2 N
Energy Joule (kg m2/s2) J
Pressure Pascal (kg/(ms2) Pa
Base of 10
Converting between Metric and English
units is, in fact, easily done. Before
you learn how, you first need to learn
the symbols used in both the metric
and English systems for properties
such as mass, length, volume, and
temperature.
THREE STEPS for conversion:
1. Identify the type of measurement:
Mass? Length?
Volume? Temperature?

2. Use Conversion Table.

3. Use Unity Fraction(s).

Conversion Tables
Conversion Tables
 Example 1

Step 1: Length Conversion – English → Metric

Step 2
Step 3

This unity fraction cancels yd and leaves m

 Your Practice

Answer:
 Example 2

Step 1: Weight Conversion – Metric → English Step 2

Step 3

This unity fraction cancels g and leaves oz

 Your Practice

Answers:
 Example 3
Step 1: Time and Distance Conversions

Step 2

Step 3
 Your Practice

Answer:
Convert the following units:

1.) 600m to km
2.)3 days to minutes
3.)1200mg to kg
4.) 250 in to mm
5.)45km/hr to m/sec.
The End.