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Appendix V Measurement
Define metric units of capacity.
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In the metric system, one basic unit of capacity is the liter
(L), which is defined to be the capacity of a cube with
10 cm
sides 10 centimeters long. Other units of capacity are
created by adding prefixes to the front of the basic unit,
liter.
10 cm
10 cm
Metric Units of Capacity
Prefix
kilo-
hecto-
deka-
deci-
centi-
milli-
liter
liter
liter
liter
liter
liter
liter
1
1
1
Meaning
1,000
100
10
1
or 0.1
or 0.01
or 0.001
10
100
1,000
liters
liters
liters
liter
of a liter
of a liter
of a liter
Abbreviation
kL
hL
daL
L
dL
cL
mL
The most often used metric units of capacity are liters and milliliters. Here are
some examples.
$
$
COLA
Soft drinks are
The fuel tank of a minivan
A teaspoon holds
sold in 2-liter
can hold about 75 liters
about 5 milliliters.
plastic bottles.
of gasoline.
Metric units of capacity are related as shown in the following table.
Metric Units of Capacity
1 kiloliter (kL)
1,000 liters
1 liter
10 deciliters (dL)
1 hectoliter (hL)
100 liters
1 liter
100 centiliters (cL)
1 dekaliter (daL)
10 liters
1 liter
1,000 milliliters (mL)
The abbreviation for each unit is written within parentheses.
We can use the information in the table to write unit conversion factors that can
be used to convert metric units of capacity. For example, in the table we see that
1 liter
1,000 milliliters
From this fact, we can write two unit conversion factors.
1 L
1,000 mL
1
and
1
1,000 mL
1 L

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