You forgot one thing. All the unites are linked. For example a cube with a side length of 1 deci meter (10cm) has the volume of one liter and one liter of water is exactly 1 kg

@morfanaion

7 жыл бұрын

to be more precise, 1 litre of pure water at a temperature of 4 degrees celsius is exactly 1kg

The video is quite good, but there are two things I have to say. The SI Unit of mass, is actually not the gram but the kilo gram, so it is the odd one in the metric system, so you can say there is the kg the normal unit and the gram is kind of a milli kilo gram. That sounds at the first moment a bit nitpicking, but is actually very important when you calculate with this units. For example 1 m*kg/s^2 = 1 N (unit for force). And to get a reference for the unit 1kg are a bit more than 2 pounds. Also the Abbreviation for Liters is actually a small l. Even if the liter is common in normal day life, the SI Unit is the cubic meter. While 1 m^3 = 1000 l. Even when it doesn't seem so, it is important to know what the basic unit is, especially for science class. Then you can get all Prefixes together (multiply and divide) then you look at your units and may change them for the sorter versions (example above), and that's it. You don't have to deal the odd factors between units anymore.

@janfriberg

7 жыл бұрын

The liter is not a unit in SI system(only an accepted unit) but it is a part of the metric system. Both L and l is used as abbreviation for liter. And yes 1 kilogram is a base unit in the SI system but kilo is still a prefix, therefore: gram is a unit in SI.

@FactoryofRedstone

7 жыл бұрын

I know, the liter is used in SI, but it is important to know what the basic unit is, because that is the important unit, if you want to calculate in science class. That is the important to know of the kg.

@piotrnowakowski5385

7 жыл бұрын

Liter is just another name for cubic decimeter. It is used for convenience.

@jefferywilliams5878

7 жыл бұрын

FactoryofRedstone you do realize this clip is for people that either know nothing about the metric system or know very little. The abbreviations for the metric system do not end in period including temperatures, Kelvin, Celsius. Just saying, remember these people are probably Americans trying to figure out why they along with Burma and Liberia are the only Countries not using this great system.

@antonbroanda9771

7 жыл бұрын

The unit for volume is a liter l or L and is also 1 dm3. A kilogram is the official unit for mass and is based on the international kilogram prototype. they based it on kg because one gram is so small.

An important point in the metric system is that the units are related. 1 liter of water = 1 cubic decimeter = 1 kilogram

@wimahlers

7 жыл бұрын

Close but not quite. Water is about 1 kg at 4 Celsius and 1 atmosphere ... but still not quite. It also depends on the isotopic ratio. Kg is not even based on water but is a rather imprecise and artificial unit not based on natural constants. It is actually based on a physical standard weight.

@sholck74

7 жыл бұрын

It actually started out being 'pure' water at melting point in 1795. I am sure the amount heavy water in your faucet will not mess up your favorite cookie recipe. The standard weight was based on water, but will probably die in favor of the Planck constant.

@wimahlers

7 жыл бұрын

Yep. 1795.

7 жыл бұрын

And actually, liter is not a base unit. The SI has no "volume" base unit since IT DOESN'T NEED ONE. A "liter" is just 1dm³.

@randomcreek

7 жыл бұрын

Not really. 1l of water weighs ~1kg and 1l=1dm^3.

The SI comprises a coherent system of units of measurement starting with seven base units, which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre (m, length), kilogram (kg, mass), ampere (A, electric current), kelvin (K, thermodynamic temperature), mole (mol, amount of substance), and candela (cd, luminous intensity). The system can accommodate coherent units for an unlimited number of additional quantities. These are called coherent derived units, which can always be represented as products of powers of the base units.[p] Twenty-two coherent derived units have been provided with special names and symbols.[q]

I live in Brazil. Here is metric system and I never used deca and hecto. 1,5m is 1 meter and 5 decimeter. But we say 1 meter and 50 centimeter or 1meter and half.

@FingertipsOfTheNight

7 жыл бұрын

Deca is usually connected with grams (cooking) and hecto with liters (in agriculture for example)

@CivilizedMenKilledMe

7 жыл бұрын

I repeat: I live in Brazil. Here we never used deca or hecto. We just skip them. It′s not wrong and it is just our habit.

@juhanitakkunen8175

7 жыл бұрын

I'd think that you'd still use it when talking about land areas (are / hectare)? Or atmospheric pressure (1000 hPa), since it converts nicely to 1000 mbar.

@dikkiedik53

3 жыл бұрын

lol.. I use hecto all the time.. it's used with brewing beer and making wine. :-) hectoliter that is.

@Roel_Scoot

11 ай бұрын

I bet you use the hectare for the area of a piece of land or did it not so long ago :)

Hi Robin, I got it! I'm a retire-ing soon IT guy and a woodworker. I continue to bump into the metric thing in woodworking and I WAS confused until this video. Please correct or delete this if I'm wrong. 1 miles is a hair over 1.6 kilometers. 1 kilometer is 0.62 miles plus a few hairs. ok, I got that for a base. 1 kilometer is 1,000 (kilo) meters. 1 meter is 100 (centi) centimeters 1 meter is 1,000 (milli) millimeters (mm) It's base 10 just like counting. We just need a visual of how large a meter is. It a yard stick plus 4 inches. ok, about.

"The English System" is actually called the imperial system.

@MaDxStArZv

7 жыл бұрын

YOU are correct however it originated in england but was an adaptation of what the romans brought over to britain during there reign.

I needed this!! THANK YOU!

@adrianwaygood7156

2 жыл бұрын

Don't rely on it for accuracy!

The abbreviation of liter is the small letter l, not the capital one. In fact in scientific use, there is no need for the liter. The volume is measured in m³, because a cube is a 3 dimensional object, each dimension measured in meters. (m). The explanation for the prefix system was quite good.

@Diego-pg8zq

7 жыл бұрын

Actually it is L. As far as i know it was changed a few years ago, but I might be wrong.

@EinChris75

7 жыл бұрын

Diego Pozas you are right. I correct myself. Both l and L are possible, because of the ambiguity between the number 1 and the small l in written English. since 1979. www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure/table6.html

@adrianwaygood7156

2 жыл бұрын

The official SI symbol is a lower-case looped 'ell'.

@EinChris75

2 жыл бұрын

@@adrianwaygood7156 please correct the Wikipedia entry and provide sources. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litre The linked document in source 1 on that page (official si document) does not back your claim.

They're not abbreviations but symbols. Abbreviations have a dot after them (like Wall St.), while symbols act as single and independent words, which means you have to add a space between them and the number (5 cm, not 5cm). Also, the main unit for volume is m^3, which equals to 1000 L; 1 L = 1 dm^3. And mass is usually measured in kg, not g: we don't say "I weight 80 000 grams"; in fact, kg is the main unit for mass, as te other units relate to mass via the kilogram: 1 N = 1 kg · m/s, for example. I guess that's because the mass of 1 L of water is 1 kg by definition. Hope I helped.

@randomcreek

7 жыл бұрын

1N=1kg*m/s^2

Fun fact: The original deifition of a meter was: the lengt from the equator to the north pole / 10 000 000

@rafaelschipiura9865

3 жыл бұрын

The original definition of a meter was the length of a pendulum that swings with the period of 1 second, but time measurement at the time of actually implementing the system wasn't good enough, so they tried for another definition any country could undertake, but the definition based on the circumference of the earth was also abandoned. In the end, they had to settle for the length of a prototype. Even then, it was a great improvement because it was a single universal prototype kept carefully instead of the many local prototypes there was before. The meter could only be finally defined in a way any country could measure it with sufficient precision in 1960.

That was about as hard as you can make this. :D Maybe it makes more sense to americans.

volume is not in liters alone, the SI Unit for volume is kubic meter or m³.

+Robin Reaction Here's a bit of metric history, if you're interested.

I prove you that US using metric system in few minutes. Back in 19 century UK had this crazy monetary system Lsd- wich contained Pounds, shillings and pence. Basically 1 pound was 20 shillings, and 1 shilling was (not 5) 12 pence. One quartal of pence was called farthing(yes, farthing) and farthing also was going four ways. There was a twopence, threepence, groats(four pence) and sixpence(half shilling). Then shillings, there was a florin(2 shillings), half crown(2.5 shillings, 1/8 of a pound) and crown(5 shilling) and there was half a pound, which called "half a sovereing". Then there was a pound and paper printed big banknotes. But just to kill a little bit more, there was a guinea(little gold coin) which was worth of 1.05 pounds or 21 shillings. Simples? On the other hand US used dollars and pences, same as metric system.

Nobody ever uses centigrams

As mentioned elsewhere, it’s called the imperial system, not English. But I need to also mention that the metric system is basically French, and it’s because of this that a “metric” meter, is actually spelled Metre, NOT Meter. A Meter is a generic term for something that actually does the measuring of something, like a decibel meter etc. Metre is a proper a proper noun and it’s also the formal and legal name for this system, and therefore it doesn’t matter what Language it’s derived from, it is what it is, I don’t see anyone trying to spell Volkswagen in a English way i.e. Volkswagon, do you.

But we have to explain why it is called the metric system. Meter is the unit for lenght. But the units for volume and weight is derived from the meter. A decimeter dm is 10 cm or 0.1 m. A cubic decimeter (dm^3) is one liter. If you have 1 liter of water at it's highest density (4 degrees Celcius) it is 1 kilogram. To lift 1 kg it takes (approx.) 10 Newton N, and if you do that for 1 m you do the work of one Newtonmeter Nm equals one Joule J of energy. It is all linked together and you can go up and down in units by the tenth. Except for area and volume in square meter and cubic meter. Then it is 100 and 1000 between the prefixed units. In 1 m^2 there is 100 dm^2 and 10000 cm^2. In 1 m^3 there is 1000 dm^3 (liters) and 1000000 cm^3. So 1 m^3 of water is 1000 kg or 1 ton and 1 cm^3 of water is 1 gram. And talking of water, thats the base for the Celcius scale. It freezes at 0 and boils at 100 degrees C (in normal atm presure).

Why in USA still using Imperial system? I thought they got independence.

In the Netherlands, the pond (pound) is still used by many people while officially not more in use. The Dutch pond is 500 gram, so it differs from the American (Imperial) pound. And centigram is not in use (here).

@powertothebauer296

7 жыл бұрын

In Germany too, but 2 pounds is 1 kg

@user-marco-S

7 жыл бұрын

Correct, 2 pounds is 1 kg. And i am sure more countries still have the pound (the 500 gram type).

@dikkiedik53

3 жыл бұрын

We still use a lot of Imperial sizes, especially in building and wood... a 2x4 = 2x4 inches unplaned wood. But in the shop it's forbidden by law to use these units in trade advertisement. In the shop it will be advertised as 38mm x 89mm. The "pond" is still used in normal speaking, but it means 500g or half a kilo, as Marco S wrote. Also the "ons" (ounce) is still used speaking, but it means 100g. So in a butchershop its quite usual if somebody asks "May I have 2 "ons" of sausage?" 200g of sausage will be cut off by the butcher.

In Dutch we also have pond (pound) in weight which is half a kilogram 😅

The prefix "kilo" should not be too unfamiliar. For example the yields of nuclear weapons are stated in kilo-tons (1000 tons).

@Jeinzi

7 жыл бұрын

Also the prefixes kilo, mega, giga and tera as in kilobyte, megabyte etc. should seem familiar to anyone who regularly uses a computer.

@klausvogler6710

7 жыл бұрын

But people must be carfeull when using the "kilo" prefix in computer context. Most people, using computers, but not overly into it, might not appeciate the subtlety of the difference between KB and KiB

0.008 centigrams is a bad example , normally you should use less decimal places, should prefer 0.08 milligrams or better 80 micrograms.

@adrianwaygood7156

2 жыл бұрын

No-one uses 'centigrams'.

Measurement in the US military are only meter and milimeter are used.

@awaygood1

4 жыл бұрын

I think they also use the kilometre.

@adrianwaygood7156

2 жыл бұрын

...as is the case in engineering.

The metric unit for mass is the KILOGRAM, not the gram. Volume is measured in cubic metres. Get it right.

Australia went metric way back in the sixties. lol this is funny.

Mass and weight is "basically the same"... if you teach -science- SCIENCE with such a sloppy attitude... you shouldn't. Teach science, that is.

@turun_ambartanen

7 жыл бұрын

If

@Scottx125Productions

7 жыл бұрын

I disagree, don't teach students a lie just because its easier. You will end up confusing them later down the line. Weight is the relative force produced from an objects mass. So the weight of a feather is 1g, or translated, the force downwards onto the measuring scale because of the feathers mass in relation to the gravity of the earth produces a force equivalent of 1 gram worth of mass.

@awaygood1

4 жыл бұрын

I disagree. If young students think that mass and weight are the same, then they will have to unlearn that later on.

@tithannisk7470

3 жыл бұрын

@@Scottx125Productions "I disagree, don't teach students a lie just because its easier. You will end up confusing them later down the line. Weight is the relative force produced from an objects mass. So the weight of a feather is 1g, or translated, the force downwards onto the measuring scale because of the feathers mass in relation to the gravity of the earth produces a force equivalent of 1 gram worth of mass." Say that to a 5th grade and try not to loose them... good luck.

everybody i know uses metric and i live in england

@hugofriberg3445

7 жыл бұрын

Well England switched from the imperial system in the late 1700:s because they understod the value of trade

7 жыл бұрын

They *actually* switched in the 1970s. And they're not fully there either, but farther than the US.

I hate to be pedantic but you mispronounced centi and milli. It's closer to centee and millee.

you got a problem in mass. take the english system 2 cup of flour its not the same weight, make a test at home sift flour in a cup and weigh it lets say 185 gram, then take a cup from the flourbag and weigh it its more than 185 grams its close to 250 grams, this is why its a nightmare to bake whit the english system

@Roel_Scoot

11 ай бұрын

In trading powders or other loos goods as grains or sand prices are set by loose weight and/or packed weight. I remember the times I had to weigh a metal cylinder with powder starch after banging it during some time with a hammer until it was solid packed for quality control.

If you are living in an english system country........ there is only one AMERICAAAAA face palm.

You should call it imperial system, because it isnt the english system, even if it was invented by an englisch person, because the metric system was also first invented by an englisch person and than by france peoples. Also today only the US and two other countrys, that are in the process of switching to metric, use it mainly and there is no connection to england in my opinion. You also forgot about Area = Squared and Volume = Cubed One tip: The converting stuff is verry important and I like it, if you write it like that: Normal: mm ×10 = cm ×10 = dcm ×10 = m ×1000 = km The normal converting number is 10 and and if you take it by the power of 2 you will get the new converting number 10 × 10 = 10² = 100 Squared: mm² ×100 = cm² ×100 = dcm² ×100 = m² ×100 = a ×100 = h ×100 = km² The same as for squared you take the 10 by the power of 3 and than we have the new number to convert with 10 × 10 × 10 = 10³ = 1000 mm³ ×1000 = cm³ ×1000 = dcm³ ×1000 = ³m ×1000 = a ×1000 = h ×1000 = km³ If you want to convert m² in km² you need to take the 3 (×100) and calculate the converting number = 100 × 100 × 100 = 100 1.000.000 and if you want convert the km in m than you need to divide the km by 1.000.000

How many apples fit into this bowl? Imperial system: 8 apples, 1 peach and a grape. Metric system: 8.7 apples.

@Funkestech

7 жыл бұрын

Or 8 apples and 7 deciapples.

@Diego-pg8zq

7 жыл бұрын

Or 87 deciapples, or 8700 milliaples. It's like magic!

@FingertipsOfTheNight

7 жыл бұрын

It depends on what apples, peaches ad grapes you have.

@Scottx125Productions

7 жыл бұрын

People shit on the imperial system, but for its day it was perfect. It was designed to standardise units of trade, for example I'll buy 1 ton of grain, instead of saying I'll buy 100 bags of grain or whatever. Metric is better because it is far more precise, and was designed to allow quick and simple conversion between standardised units.

7:26 No. At least in my experience they just slap you.

Metric.. meter.. comes from greek and means "measure".. the metric system therefore translates litarally to "measuring system".. so the imperial or english system is also a metric system. What you are showing ist the SI ("Système international d’unités" , french for international system of units)-System. As also mentioned: SI-unit for mass is kg. And by the way.. mass is not equal to weight. They are completely different entities.

Good try but some of the info is mixed up

You forgot deci...

What is the Metric System? For Beginners! No, it is only for the USA!!! beginners using the metric system!

Santa?

@ireneprobst8354

3 жыл бұрын

Santa Claus and Milla Jovovich?

The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram, NOT the gram!

In the real world, where metric units are used, prefixes used are normally pico, micro, milli, kilo, mega, and giga. The others, including centi, are rarely used, so don't spend too much time on them.

@dikkiedik53

3 жыл бұрын

the real world or every day life? When I need tiles, I look for 30x30 of 20x30 or 15x15.. all in cm. There are many household objects measured in cm.

Why do the Americans spell, litre with er instead of re?

Science uses the metric system because it is more logical and the units are based on natural constants. For example the meter is defined as the length of the path traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/299792458 seconds.

Kids listen to your teacher....

Oh here we go English system? It's Imperial not English, never heard anyone calling it "the English system" 3ft = 1m? 1ft is defined as 0.3048m so that's either 3ft = 0.91m or 3.3ft = 1m Volume unit is a m^3, liter is basically derived from it. Also lower case "l" not a capital "L" Gram is 1/4 of a Teaspoon? Oh yeah, 1g of feathers, 1g of Hydrogen, 1g of Lead and 1g of water are all totally exactly 1/4 of a teaspoon! Also you call a lbs "large" and kg "small"? 1kg = 2.2lbs "kg is metric system version of lbs" - your imperial system is defined by metric system, meaning that pound is your version of a kilogram not vice versa "cm is metric version of in" - same as last time, inch is defined as 0.0254m or 2.54cm not the other way around. It's imperial version of the metric centimeter Centigram is not a measurement that is used. Below gram next one is a milligram which is 0.001g (0.1cg) Typical 'murican ignorance

what a strange manner to explain ratios... Does english peoples don't know what's 1/100, 1/1000 ? is there no words for that ?

the total bullshit: "the only difference between the metric and the english system is the name of the units and the letters we use to represent them - there is no difference in concept" - NO, LADY

@RobinReaction

3 жыл бұрын

It sounds like you’re advanced enough to move beyond an intro to the metric system video where deeper explanations are forgone in order to teach beginners basic concepts.

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100 centigrams = 1 kilogram !!!

@ghauan

7 жыл бұрын

Kris Baeyens no, it is not. It is AS she says in the video, 1 gram.

@krisbaeyens4221

7 жыл бұрын

Yes of course

@EinChris75

7 жыл бұрын

Gerd is right, but in fact, no one uses centigram at all. kg is the base unit of mass. g and mg are sufficient.