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Metric prefixes

Students today learned about the six metric prefixes used to change meter. Students learned that a millimeter is the width of a dime, centimeter is the width of a pencil eraser, decimeter is the size of a highlighter. Students also learned 10 mm=1 cm, 10 cm = 1 dm, and 10 dm = 1 meter. Therefore, there are 1,000 mm in a meter, 100 cm in a meter, and 10 decimeters in a meter. Also, deka, hecto and kilo are prefixes that show numbers larger than one meter. Kinda cool, eh?

Metric Unit

Students were exposed to the origin of the standardized method of measurement, using inches, feet and miles. An article written in 1974 supplied the information. Today, students compared counting, using the traditional base 12 to the metric, base 10. It appeared that all classes felt the metric method of counting was far easier. Students also compared metrics with the two-liter soda bottle, the 100-meter dash and a paper clip weighs one-gram. A five-question survey was given for homework. In that survey, students were asked to used multiple-choice to find the article's main idea and supporting ideas and then explain, in detail, why they felt base 10 method was easier than counting by twelves.