CONVERTING MEASUREMENTS, ESTIMATES AND CONVERSIONS =)

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Last Tuesday and Wednesday we talk about the estimates and conversions.
We also talk about a technique to be easy to know the conversion.
For example:

• KING = KILO
• HENRY = HECTO
• DIED = DECO
• MOTHER/ LADY/ GRANDMOTHER = METER/ LITER/ GRAMS
• DIDN'T = DECI
• CARE = CENTI
• MUCH = MILI

Mr. K also mentioned the word MNEMONIC. Mnemonic means is relating to, assisting, or intended to assist the memory. A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering.we also do some exercises for example:

convert 500mm to feet: 500mm x0.03937= 19.7 inches, and there are 12 inches in a foot , so 19.7/12=1.64 feet ( or 1 foot and 7.7 inches).

how did i get the 86500. the first thing i do is i look at the king Henry died mother didn't care much the MNEMONIC. I move the decimal point to the right to get the 86500. if you dont get it just used the mnemonic to see how many zero your going to put.It always has a smiley faces. The most important thing that we should remember is the conversions of the imperial and the metric measurements. do you know that the imperial and the metric system are different. The imperial is complicated than the metric. The main difference between metric an imperial (American) system of measurements is that the metric system is a breeze to use, and all the scientific measurements are given in metric. Since it's a system based on 10, every measurement is divisble by 10, in terms of scaling up and down. In other words, a yardstick is divided by 36 inches. A meterstick (about 39 inches) is divided into 100 parts. So, if you need to convert centimeters to meters, you just multiply by 100. (Instead of yards to feet, or feet to inches)

This are the conversions of imperial and metric:

Imperial/USA unit	Metric (SI) unit		Metric (SI) unit	Imperial/USA unit
Ounce (weight)	28.35 grams		Gram	0.035 ounces
Pound	0.45 kilograms		Kilogram	2.21 pounds
UK ton (2240 pounds)	1.02 metric tons		Metric ton (1000 kg.)	0.98 UK tons
US ton (2000 pounds)	0.91 metric tons		Metric ton (1000 kg.)	1.10 US tons

Imperial/USA unit	Metric (SI) unit		Metric (SI) unit	Imperial/USA unit
Inch	2.54 centimeters		Centimeter	0.39 inches
Foot	30.48 centimeters		Meter	3.28 feet
Yard	0.91 meters		Meter	1.09 yards
Mile	1.61 kilometers		Kilometer	0.62 miles

SOURCE: BRUCE J , http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmVkqIVj7bYtHkCoAryNfVPpFQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20080308152505AA3CAMi


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