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STEPHEN VENICE'S

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RULES OF METRICS



THE BASIC RULE IS FROM LARGEST TO SMALLEST: KILO, HECTO, DECA, STANDARD, DECI, CENTI, MILLI

The rules below help you to decide what the prefix is for the different units of length, volume, and mass in the metric system:
Prefix
 Multiply by
milli-
 0.001
centi-
 0.01
deci-
 0.1
deka-
 10
hecto-
 100
kilo-
 1000



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