Other units are based on these basic units but have a prefix in front. The prefix tells you how much bigger or smaller the unit is: ...

(If your measuring tools have both metric and standard volumes marked, the metric conversions might not be an issue.) This ...

The sunflower is 214 cm tall. Calculate the height of the sunflower in metres and millimetres. There are 100 centimetres in a metre. Metres are larger than centimetres so the number of centimetres ...

The debate between metric and imperial measurement systems has gone on for decades, but is one truly superior? This analysis ...