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Metric Weights and Measures

AREA
100 square millimeters (sq mm or mm2) = 1 square centimeter (sq cm or cm2)
100 square centimeters = 1 square decimeter (sq dm or dm2)
100 square decimeters = 1 square meter (sq m or m2)
100 square meters = 1 are (a)
100 ares = 1 hectare (ha)
100 hectares = 1 square kilometer (sq km or km2)
CAPACITY
10 milliliters (ml) = 1 centiliters (cl)
10 centiliters = 1 deciliter (dl)
10 deciliters = 1 liter (l)
10 liters = 1 deciliter (dkl)
10 deciliters = 1 hectoliter (dkl)
10 dectoliters or 1,000 liters = 1 kiloliter (kl)
LENGTH
10 millimeters (mm) = 1 centimeter (cm)
10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm)
10 decimeters = 1 meter (m)
10 meters = 1 hectometer (hm)
10 hectometers or 1,000 meters = 1 kilometer (km)
VOLUME
1,000 cubic millimeters (cu mm or mm3) = 1 cubic centimeter (cu cm or cm 3)
1,000 cubic centimeters = 1 cubic decimeter (cu dm or dm3)
1,000 cubic decimeters = 1 cubic meter (cu m or m3)
WEIGHT
10 milligrams (mg) = 1 centigram (cg)
10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg)
10 decigrams = 1 gram (g)
1,000 grams = 1 kilogram or kilo (kg)
100 kilograms = 1 quintal (q)
10 quintals or 1,000 kilograms =1 metric ton (MT)


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