A box measuring 10 cm on each side has a volume of 10 cm 10 cm 10 cm 1000 cubic centimeters, and 1000 cubic cm 1 liter. (We will learn about volume in Chapter 9.) This box holds exactly 1 L. 10 cm 10 cm 10 cm A liter is a little more than a quart. PASTEURIZED 1 Quart xxxxxxxxxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx ________________ xxxxx xxx xxxxx ___________ xx xx ___________ xx xx ___________ xx xx ___________ xx xx ___________ xx xx ___________ xx xx ___________ xx xx ___________ 1 Liter Soda is sold in 2-L bottles, and the amount of water in a swimming pool can be measured in liters. 2-L bottle of soda This pool contains 2000 L of water. We get larger and smaller units of capacity in the metric system by using the same prefi xes on liter that we used for meter to describe length. For example, 1 kilometer (km) 1000 meters (m). Likewise, 1 kiloliter (kL) 1000 liters (L). Kilo means 1000 no matter what measurement unit we are using. Metric Units of Capacity 1 kiloliter (kL) 1000 L 1 hectoliter (hL) 100 L 1 dekaliter (daL) 10 L 1 liter (L) 1 L 1 deciliter (dL) 1 10 L or 0.1 L 1 centiliter (cL) 1 100 L or 0.01 L 1 milliliter (mL) 1 1000 L or 0.001 L Note The units used most often are liter and milliliter. 456 CHAPTER 7 Measurement and Conversion www.mhhe.com/messersmith
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