MEASUREMENT
During history, people have used many
different systems of measurement to describe
the real world. But most countries now use the
same system, called metric, to measure how
big, heavy, or hot things are. It’s easy to
calculate with metric measurements. It’s also
simple to convert from one kind of metric
measurement to another.ºc
kg
m²
b×h
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