Tables for Metric Measuring

Updated November 17, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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Linear Measure

10 millimeters (mm) = 1 centimeter (cm)  
10 centimeters = 1 decimeter (dm) = 100 millimeters
10 decimeters = 1 meter (m) = 1,000 millimeters
10 meters = 1 dekameter (dam)  
10 dekameters = 1 hectometer (hm) = 100 meters
10 hectometers = 1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters

Area Measure

100 square millimeters (mm2) = 1 sq centimeter (cm2)
10,000 square centimeters = 1 sq meter (m2)
= 1,000,000 sq millimeters
100 square meters = 1 are (a)
100 ares = 1 hectare (ha)
= 10,000 sq meters
100 hectares = 1 sq kilometer (km2)
= 1,000,000 sq meters

Volume Measure

10 milliliters (ml) = 1 centiliter (cl)  
10 centiliters = 1 deciliter (dl) = 100 milliliters
10 deciliters = 1 liter (l) = 1,000 milliliters
10 liters = 1 dekaliter (dal)  
10 dekaliters = 1 hectoliter (hl) = 100 liters
10 hectoliters = 1 kiloliter (kl) = 1,000 liters

Cubic Measure

1,000 cubic millimeters (mm3) = 1 cu centimeter (cm3)
1,000 cubic centimeters = 1 cu decimeter (dm3)
= 1,000,000 cu millimeters
1,000 cubic decimeters = 1 cu meter (m3)
= 1 stere
= 1,000,000 cu centimeters
= 1,000,000,000 cu millimeters

 

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Weight

10 milligrams (mg) = 1 centigram (cg)  
10 centigrams = 1 decigram (dg) = 100 milligrams
10 decigrams = 1 gram (g) = 1,000 milligrams
10 grams = 1 dekagram (dag)  
10 dekagrams = 1 hectogram (hg) = 100 grams
10 hectograms = 1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams
1,000 kilograms = 1 metric ton (t)  

 

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