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Wed August 6 1975 They say its easy to think Metric As How to Write and Type SI A Style Guide says the joy of the metric system lies in its simplicity It is a decimal system which means relationships between quantities are on tens like our currency system It has only seven base units compared to in the inch pound system Derived units are formed from a combination of two or more base units Some common metric units and the quantities they measure are listed below Quantity Metric Unit Length Mass kilogram kg Liquid measure litre I or 1 Speed kilometre per hour km h metre per second Temperature degree Celsius C Larger and smiller units art by combining set prefixes with the metric unit Some common prefixes with their meanings and symbols are listed below Prefix Means Symbol one thousandth one hundredth one tenth kilo one thousand times METRE length MILLIMETRES mm CENTIMETRE cm CENTIMETRES cm 1 METRE m 1000 METRES m KILOMETRE km 1INCH 1FOOT MILLIMETRES 54 CENTIMETRES 305 MILLIMETRES 30 5 CENTIMETRES 91 CENTIMETRES METRE A millimetre Is one thousandth of a metre kilometre is one thousand metres Conversion of unit to a multiple or is done by a simple movement of the decimal point For example km equals km equals 1 1000 dm equals 1 m 1 dm equals 1 divided by 111 1 em equals cm equals m divided by mm equals m mm equals 1 m by Quantity Unit Symbol Temperature degree Celsius C Length millimetre centimetre metre kilometre mm cm m km Capacity millilitre litre ml 1 Mass gram kilogram tonne Kg Speed on land Kilometre per hour Pressure in tires Kilospascal C is normal room temperature about the thickness of a paper match an average coffee cup is about high the length of a man s stride the distance across Canada at its widest point is 160 km a large toothpaste holds 150ml a large bottK of wine the mass of a paper clip a desk telephone has the mass of 2 kg the mass of a compact car km h is the usual speed limit on city streets 200 kPa is a typical tire pressure for rear wheels of a car There be no big change when cooking with metrics I he new metric measures for recipes and kitchen nig equipment will be us close is possible to the old Old recipes tan lie used indefinitely with an of conversion stickers which in fit in tin back of cook books he new metric cook books v ill probably come equipped with similar stickers for conversion to old units stickers will probably Ik used to oven temperatures Under the milt it system temperatures are measured in deques Hater freezes at degrees mil boils it too decrees The minutes per pound formula for cooking meat will have to be adjusted not only lor the in measurement but for the diffci in mass is me it will measured by the kilogr mi Will we hive to convert our presenl No just keep on the same way but eventually will be shown using metric will fivt measuring spoons I 15 and millilllres tups will be divided into mill hires litre s a rsion table not much between our customary cups he metric measures 1 or Bo t 1 1 I lis I Ibis 1000ml ii tup 1 litre Here are three rtc pes for chocolate chip cookies first the old recipe then the same recipe converted to metric and list the recipe as it will appear when all the is long over chocolate cookies Chocolate chip cookies litre is an ingredient listing for a current with the equivalents Imperial Metric Conversion i tups ill purpose flour j ml Isp Isp salt 2 tup butter or margarine 20 ml cup granulated sugar 167 ml cup lightly packed brown sugar ml I vanilla ml oz package choc late chips 250 ml cup chopped nuts 12 ml The amounts irked with an asterisk required rounding whole numbers or to multiples of Testing showed sugar amounts be increased if shortening was decreased llevtsed recipe is given below i VISrDMITRK ml all purpose flour ml baking soda 2 ml salt ml butter or margarine ml granulated sugar ml lightly packed brown sugar egg ml vanilla 2Ji ml chocolate chips 125 ml chopped nuts Preheat oven to I degrees C Lightly grease a baking sheet Sift together flour Baking soda and salt Cream butler and sugars together Beat in egg and vanilla until light and fluffy Stir in dry ingredients with chocolate chips and nuts Drop batter from a teaspoon about cm apart on prepared baking sheet Bake in preheated 190 degrees 375 degrees oven for 8 to minutes or until golden brown Makes to 5 dozen An egg is still an egg They couldn make the hen go metric The Metric world flu metre the unit of length in the metric system measurement was ere ited members of iris Ac idemy of Sciences f illowint request of the onstituent Assembly of I in In 107 17 signed of the Mitre est ibhshmg the melnt system is in il measurement system This ily ilso established the doner of Weights Measures I Mo conceive dcvclf p maint precise intern st of measure anad adhered to that tretty June 1 WW In 10 the a metric system founded on six ise units The world wide ibbreviation for the International System of Units thus treated is SI Today almost per cent of the world population 99 not counting the U A is now on the metric system or is converting to it Outside of the United States the only tint hive not yet formally adopted the metric system ire Country Gambia Nauru Sierra Leone Tonga Population 1869 000 1571 2590 Yemen People Democratic Republic 1475 000 Total Out of a world population of LITRE volume