Metric Units

This chapter provides a quick summary of the metric units available and their conversation factors.

Length

In metric units we can measure lengths, Length can be measured in;
Millimetres (mm)
Centimetres (m)
Kilometres (km)

Area

We can also measure the area in metric units. Area can be measured in;
Millimetres squared (mm²)
Centimetres squared (m²)
Kilometres squared (km²)

Volume

In metric units we can also measure volume. Volume can be measured in;
Millimetres cubic (mm³)
Centimetres cubic (cm³)
Litres
Millimetres

Weight

We also measure weight in metric units, we can measure weight in;
Grams (g)
Kilograms (kg)
Tonnes

Speed

We can measure speed in metric units. We can measure the speed in;
Kilometres per hour (km/h)
Metres per second (m/s)
The following shows the conversation factor for the metric units;