Going metric

Going Metric
	HOWARD CAREY
	Des Burge	John Salt
	CONTENTS
	BACKGROUND TO THE METRIC SYSTEM
	INTRODUCING MILLIE
	METRIC LENGTHS
	Symbols
	Pronunciation
	DEALING WITH DECIMALS
	or
	or
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	or
	Adding and subtracting decimals
	Multiplying decimals by ten, a hundred, a thousand . . .
	4        RIGHT
	7.
	LARGER DISTANCES
	12.
	HOW TO WRITE LARGE NUMBERS
	POUNDS AND KILOGRAMS
	or
	METRIC TONS
	FOOD VALUES
	13
	2
	More about Symbols
	27
	TEMPERATURES
	LITRES AND MILLILITRES
	JOHN’S CAR
	Maximum Speeds
	Dimensions
	Power
	A MEASURE FOR AREA
	Symbols
	28.
	MEASURING VOLUMES
	Symbol
	or
	FUEL CONSUMPTION
	SPEED LIMITS
	METRIC SPORTS
	DRINKING METRIC
	SHOPPING IN METRICS
	How much does Millie carry home?
	METRIC TIME
	METRIC DOZENS
	LIVING WITH THE METRIC SYSTEM
	ACROSS
	DOWN
	ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
	10.
	63
	19.
	28.
	30.
	32.
	36.
	METRIC PREFIXES
	METRIC TABLES
	d
	CONVERSIONS
	CENTS PER POUND TO CENTS PER KILOGRAM
	3
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