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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Metric conversions: Weights, Measurements (metric), American Currency & Time

Numbers 3: Metric conversions: Weights, Measurements (metric), American Currency & Time

Exercise 1: Practice saying the list out loud.
[= (equals)]


One pound (lb.) = (equals) 16(sixteen) ounces (ounsez) (oz.)
One Metric Ton (tuhn) (mt) = 1,000 kilograms (kgs) = 2,205 Pounds (lbs.) = 1.1 American Tons (tuhn) (t)
One ounce (ounse) (oz.) = 28.35 grams (g)
One inch (in) = 2.54 centimeters (cm)
One foot (ft.) = 12 inches (in) = .3 meter (m), (three tenths of a meter) or decimal (des-uh-muhl) point three.
One yard (yahrd) (yd.) = 3 feet (ft.)
One mile (mahyl) (mi) = 5,280 feet = 1.6 kilometers (ki-lom-i-ters) (kms.) = 1,760 yards

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