METRIC MEASURES OF LENGTH DECREASING.
| Decimeter (dm.) | = | one-tenth, .1, or ¹/₁₀ of a meter. |
| Centimeter (cm.) | = | one-hundredth, .01, or ¹/₁₀₀ of a meter. |
| Millimeter (mm.) | = | one-thousandth, .001, or ¹/₁₀₀₀ of a meter. |
METRIC MEASURES OF LENGTH
INCREASING.
| Decameter (Dm.) | = | 10 meters. |
| Hectometer (Hm.) | = | 100 meters. |
| Kilometer (Km.) | = | 1000 meters. |
APPROXIMATE EQUIVALENTS OF METRIC
AND STANDARD MEASURES OF LENGTH.
| 1 meter | = | 39.37 inches. |
| 1 centimeter | = | ⅖ inch. |
| 5 centimeters | = | 2 inches. |
| 30.5 centimeters | = | 12 “ |
| 1 millimeter | = | ¹/₂₅ inch. |
| 25 millimeters | = | 1 “ |
METRIC WEIGHTS.
| 1 gram (Gm.) | = | weight of 1 cubic centimeter of water. |
| 1 decigram (dg.) | = | one-tenth, 0.1, or ¹/₁₀ of a gram. |
| 1 centigram (cg.) | = | one-hundredth, 0.01, or ¹/₁₀₀ of a gram. |
| 1 milligram (mg.) | = | one-thousandth, 0.001, or ¹/₁₀₀₀ of a gram. |
| 1 Decagram (Dg.) | = | 10 grams. |
| 1 Hectogram (Hg.) | = | 100 grams. |
| 1 Kilogram (Kg.) | = | 1000 grams. |
APPROXIMATE EQUIVALENTS OF METRIC
AND APOTHECARIES’ WEIGHTS.
| 0.001 | gram | = | ¹/₆₄ | grain. |
| 0.002 | “ | = | ¹/₃₂ | “ |
| 0.008 | “ | = | ¹/₈ | “ |
| 0.01 | “ | = | ¹/₆ | “ |
| 0.065 | “ | = | 1 | “ |
| 0.1 | “ | = | 1.5 | “ |
| 0.2 | “ | = | 3 | “ |
| 0.5 | “ | = | 7.7 | “ |
| 1.0 | “ | = | 15.4 | “ |
| 10.0 | grams | = | 154 | “ |
| 100.0 | “ | = | 1543 | “ |
| ¹/₁₀₀ | grain | = | 0.00065 | gram |
| ¹/₅₀ | “ | = | 0.0013 | “ |
| ¹/₃₀ | “ | = | 0.002 | “ |
| ¹/₂₀ | “ | = | 0.003 | “ |
| ¹/₁₀ | “ | = | 0.0065 | “ |
| ¹/₈ | “ | = | 0.008 | “ |
| ¹/₄ | “ | = | 0.016 | “ |
| ¹/₂ | “ | = | 0.03 | “ |
| 1 | “ | = | 0.065 | “ |
| 10 | “ | = | 0.65 | “ |
| 15 | “ | = | 1.0 | “ |