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The Metric System of Measurement
| category | units and metric relationship | ||
| length | 10 millimetres | = | 1 centimetre |
| 10 centimetres | = | 1 decimetre | |
| 10 decimetres | = | 1 metre | |
| 10 metres | = | 1 decametre | |
| 10 decametres | = | 1 hectometre | |
| 10 hectometres | = | 1 kilometre | |
| 1000 metres | = | 1 kilometre | |
| area | 100 square mm | = | 1 square cm |
| 10 000 square cm | = | 1 square metre | |
| 100 square metres | = | 1 are | |
| 100 ares | = | 1 hectare | |
| 10 000 square metres | = | 1 hectares | |
| 100 hectares | = | 1 square kilometre | |
| 1 000 000 square metres | = | 1 square kilometre | |
| Volume | 1000 mm3 | = | 1 cm3 |
| 1000 cm3 | = | 1 dm3 | |
| 1000 dm3 | = | 1 m3 | |
| 1 000 000 cm3 | = | 1 m3 | |
| Capacity | 10 millilitres | = | 1 centilitre |
| 10 centilitres | = | 1 decilitre | |
| 10 decilitres | = | 1 litre | |
| 1000 litres | = | 1 m3 | |
| Mass | 1000 grams | = | 1 kilogram |
| 1000 kilograms | = | 1 tonne | |
| Note: The difference between volume and capacity is there for historical reasons only | |||
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