This document discusses various traditional and metric units of measurement for length, distance, and volume. It provides conversions between units like inches, feet, yards, and miles for length and distance. It also lists common volume conversions such as teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, and gallons. Additionally, it introduces the metric system and provides the prefix definitions and conversions between metric units of length like millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers.
28. 1 Meter 1000 millimeters 100 centimeters 10 decimeters 1 meter 0.1 decameters 0.01 heptameters 0.001 kilometer
29. Words Having Meaning (in Latin) Milli = one thousandth Centi = one-hundreth Deci = one-tenth Meter = Measure Deca = ten Hepto = one hundred Kilo = one thousand