{"id":2033,"date":"2024-04-18T10:09:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T10:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domath.surju.ee\/?page_id=2033"},"modified":"2025-01-02T19:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T19:52:10","slug":"units-of-measurements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/domath.surju.ee\/es\/units-of-measurements\/","title":{"rendered":"Units of Measurements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Units of Measurements<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The units of measurement<\/strong><\/span> are the units that are used to represent physical quantities.<\/p>\n<p>We use different measurements units including the traditional units, the metric system of units, the imperial system of units and US customary units.<\/p>\n<p>The metric system is also known as <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>the International System of Units<\/strong><\/span> (called the SI units).<\/p>\n<p>The seven SI base units, which are comprised of:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>Length &#8211; centimetre (cm), metre (m),\u00a0 kilometre (km)<\/li>\n<li>Area\u00a0 &#8211; square centimetre (cm<sup>2<\/sup>), square metre (m<sup>2<\/sup>), square kilometre\u00a0(km<sup>2<\/sup>)<\/li>\n<li>Volume\u00a0 &#8211; cubic centimetre (cm<sup>3<\/sup>), cubic metre (m<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/li>\n<li>Capacity &#8211; millilitre (mL), litre (L)<\/li>\n<li>Time &#8211; second (s)<\/li>\n<li>Digital information &#8211; byte (B)<\/li>\n<li>Temperature &#8211; Kelvin scale (symbol K), Celsius scale (symbol \u00baC) or Fahrenheit scale (<sup>\u00ba<\/sup>F)<\/li>\n<li>Mass &#8211; gram (g), kilogram (kg), tonne (t)<\/li>\n<li>Amount of substance &#8211; mole (mole)<\/li>\n<li>Electric current &#8211; ampere (A)<\/li>\n<li>Luminous intensity &#8211; candela (cd)<\/li>\n<li>Mass &#8211; kilogram (kg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p class=\"notes2HeadingText\"><strong><span style=\"background-color: #333399; color: #99ccff;\">Metric Units\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Length<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"notes2BodyText\">10 millimetres = 1 centimetre, cm<br \/>10 centimetres = 1 decimetre, dm<br \/>10 decimetres = 1 metre, m<br \/>10 metres = 1 decametre, dam<br \/>10 decametres = 1 hectometre, hm<br \/>10 hectometres = 1 kilometre, km<br \/>1000 metres = 1 kilometre, km<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p class=\"notes2HeadingText\"><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff; background-color: #333399;\">Metric Units &#8211; Area<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"notes2BodyText\">1 square metre = 10 000 square centimetres, cm<sup>2<\/sup><br \/>1 hectare = 10 000 square metres, m<sup>2<\/sup><br \/>1 square kilometre = 100 hectares, ha<br \/>1 square metre = 100 square decimetre, dm<sup>2<\/sup><br \/>1 square decimetre = 100 square centimetre, cm<sup>2<\/sup><br \/>1 square centimetre = 100 square millimetre, mm<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"notes2HeadingText\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff; background-color: #000080;\">Metric Units\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Volume<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"notes2BodyText\" style=\"text-align: center;\">1000 cubic millimetres = 1 cubic centimetre, cm<sup>3<\/sup><br \/>1000 cubic centimetres = 1 cubic decimetre, dm<sup>3<\/sup><br \/>1,000 cubic decimetres = 1 cubic metre, m<sup>3<\/sup><br \/>1,000,000 cubic centimetres = 1 cubic metre, m<sup>3<br \/><\/sup>1 litre, l = 1 cubic decimetre, dm<sup>3<\/sup><sup><br \/><\/sup><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 96.9048%; height: 268px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 35.2606%;\">\n<p class=\"notes2HeadingText\"><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff; background-color: #000080;\">Metric Units &#8211; Mass<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"notes2BodyText\">1000 milligrams = 1 gram, g<br \/>1000 grams = 1 kilogram, kg<br \/>1000 kilograms = 1 tonne, t<\/p>\n<p class=\"notes2HeadingText\"><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff; background-color: #000080;\">Metric Units ~ Temperature<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"notes2BodyText\">Celsius, \u00baC\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 64.7394%;\">\n<p class=\"notes2BodyText\"><span class=\"notes2HeadingText\"><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff; background-color: #000080;\">Metric Units &#8211; Capacity\u00a0 (fluid volume)<\/span><\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"notes2BodyText\">10 millilitres = 1 centilitre, cl or cL<br \/>10 centilitres = 1 decilitre, dl or dL<br \/>10 decilitres = 1 litre, l or L<br \/>1000 litres = 1 kilolitre, kl or kL<br \/>1,000,000 litres = 1 megalitre, Ml or ML<br \/>1,000,000,000 litres = 1 gigalitre, Gl or GL<br \/>1,000,000,000,000 litres = cubic kilometre = 1 teralitre, Tl or TL<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #99ccff; background-color: #000080;\"><strong>Units of time<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>seconds &lt; minutes &lt; days &lt; weeks &lt; months &lt; years<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>1 minute = 60 seconds<\/p>\n<p>1 hour = 60 minutes<\/p>\n<p>1 hour = 3600 seconds<\/p>\n<p>1 day = 24 hours<\/p>\n<p>1 week = 7 days<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p>1 mounth = 4 weeks<\/p>\n<p>1 year = 12 months<\/p>\n<p>10 years = 1 decade<\/p>\n<p>100 years = 1 century<\/p>\n<p>1000 years = 1 millennium<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1 month can have 28, 29, 30 or 31 days depending upon the month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1 year = 365 days<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1 leap year = 366 days<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1 year has 52 weeks and one day whereas a leap year has 52 weeks and two days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff; background-color: #000080;\">Multiple-byte units &#8211; Unit system<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than one system exists to define\u00a0unit multiples based on the byte. <br \/>The\u00a0<b>byte<\/b>\u00a0is a\u00a0unit of digital information\u00a0that most commonly consists of <strong>eight\u00a0bits.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Some systems are based on\u00a0<strong>powers of 10,<\/strong> following the\u00a0<strong>International System of Units\u00a0(SI)<\/strong>, which defines for example the prefix\u00a0<i><strong>kilo<\/strong><\/i><strong>\u00a0as 1000 (10<sup>3<\/sup>).<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 96.7857%; height: 255px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 9.58358%;\">\n<p><strong>Value<\/strong><br \/>1000<br \/>1000<sup>2<\/sup><br \/>1000<sup>3<\/sup><br \/>1000<sup>4<\/sup><br \/>1000<sup>5<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.504%;\">\n<p><strong>Metric<\/strong><br \/>kilobyte, kB<br \/>megabyte, MB<br \/>gigabyte, GB<br \/>terabyte, TB<br \/>petabyte, \u00a0PB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.75448%;\">\n<p><strong>Value<\/strong><br \/>1000<sup>6<\/sup><br \/>1000<sup>7<\/sup><br \/>1000<sup>8<\/sup><br \/>1000<sup>9<\/sup><br \/>1000<sup>10<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.2778%;\">\n<p><strong>Metric<\/strong><br \/>exabyte, EB<br \/>zettabyte, ZB<br \/>yottabyte, YB<br \/>ronnabyte, RB<br \/>quettabyte, QB<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 41.8801%;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>1 kilobyte (kB) = 1000 byte (B)<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>1 megabyte (MB) = 1000 kilobyte (kB)<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>1 gigabyte (GB) = 1000 megabyte<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>1 terabyte (TB)\u00a0 = 1000 gigabyte (GB)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Other systems are based on <strong>powers of 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1\u00a0<b>kB<\/b>\u00a0(<b>kilobyte<\/b>) = 1024 (2<sup>10<\/sup>) byte.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1\u00a0<b>MB<\/b>\u00a0(<b>megabyte<\/b>) = 1024 kB = 1 048 576 byte.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1\u00a0<b>GB<\/b>\u00a0(<b>gigabyte<\/b>) = 1024 MB = 1 073 741 824 byte.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1\u00a0<b>TB<\/b>\u00a0(<b>terabyte<\/b>) = 1024 GB = 1 099 511 627 776 byte.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1\u00a0<b>PB<\/b>\u00a0(<b>petabyte<\/b>) = 1024 TB = 1 125 899 906 842 624 byte.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1\u00a0<b>EB<\/b>\u00a0(<b>eksabyte<\/b>) = 1024 PB = 1 152 921 504 606 846 976 byte.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1\u00a0<b>ZB<\/b>\u00a0(<b>zetabyte<\/b>) = 1024 EB = 1 180 591 620 717 411 303 424 byte.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">1\u00a0<b>YB<\/b>\u00a0(<b>jotabyte<\/b>) = 1024 ZB = 1 208 925 819 614 629 174 706 176 byte.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transum.org\/Maths\/Activity\/Units\/Default.asp?Level=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/domath.surju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kuvatommis-2024-08-09-025156-1024x605.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3795\" style=\"width:723px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/domath.surju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kuvatommis-2024-08-09-025156-1024x605.png 1024w, https:\/\/domath.surju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kuvatommis-2024-08-09-025156-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/domath.surju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kuvatommis-2024-08-09-025156-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/domath.surju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kuvatommis-2024-08-09-025156-24x14.png 24w, https:\/\/domath.surju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kuvatommis-2024-08-09-025156-36x21.png 36w, https:\/\/domath.surju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kuvatommis-2024-08-09-025156-48x28.png 48w, https:\/\/domath.surju.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kuvatommis-2024-08-09-025156.png 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transum.org\/Maths\/Activity\/Units\/Default.asp?Level=1\">https:\/\/www.transum.org\/Maths\/Activity\/Units\/Default.asp?Level=1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Units of Measurements The units of measurement are the units that are used to represent physical quantities. 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