1. The gram is a metric unit.

2. There are three possibilities: relationships between metric units; relationships between Imperial units.

3. Gram is a metric unit of mass.

4. Metric unit is a measuring unit used internationally.

5. A metric unit of length equal to 1, 000 meters ( 0.62 mile ).

6. A metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth ( 10 - 2 ) of a liter.

7. A metric unit of mass equal to one hundredth ( 10 - 2 ) of a gram.

8. A metric unit of area equal to 100 ares ( 2.471 acres ).

9. Customers can ask for a pound of bananas, but traders are obliged to weigh them in metric units.

10. Some items were also tried out with Imperial units and these were often much easier than the same question with metric units.

11. The highest success rates were obtained from questions dealing with the smaller metric units, those with answers of 10 or 100.

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12. Linear measurements may be given either in imperial or metric units, but area is normally quoted in square metres.

13. After his death, the scientific community made amends for their initial disrespect by naming the metric unit of energy after him.

14. For the tasks illustrated the pupil has been directed to either Imperial or metric units for the set of questions concerned.

15. Most low attainers lack knowledge of the relationship between metric units and they also have problems with decimals.

16. Lines per inch (IPi): A unit to determine resolution or the fineness of half-tone reproductoions. The metric unit is lines per CM.

1. The gram is a metric unit.