We live in a world defined by inches, feet and miles (or centimeters, meters and kilometers, if you prefer), and it's not difficult for most of us to comprehend sizes and distances given in these ...

We use different metric units, such as centimetres, metres and litres to measures things like how big an area is, how long an object is, or how much a container can hold. Length is measured in ...

We live in a world defined by inches, feet and miles (or centimeters, meters and kilometers, if you prefer), and it’s not difficult for most of us to comprehend sizes and distances given in these ...

The sunflower is 214 cm tall. Calculate the height of the sunflower in metres and millimetres. There are 100 centimetres in a metre. \(214 \div 100 = 2.14 \text{m}\) There are 10 millimetres in a ...

I like the metric system. I really do. It's so much easier than trying to remember how many inches there are to a mile, or roods per square furlong*. I prefer metric over the imperial system, and use ...