The Metric System Summary

The Metric System

Summary

commonly used metric units:

weight: gram (g) and kilogram (kg)

length: millimetre (mm), centimetre (cm), metre(m) and kilometre (km)

capacity: litre (l)

the basic unit for time in the metric system is seconds

Key Skills
  • approximate weights, lengths and capacities of everyday objects using metric units

Vocabulary

 mass, capacity, gram, tonne, litre.