A Math Look by Dyscalculia.org

Metric Measurements

& International Symbols

g

gram

m: milli g: gram mc: micro l: liter

1 gram 1 milligram = 0.001 gram = 0.001 g

1 milligram

1 mg

1/1000 gram

one-thousandth gram

1 gram 1 microgram = 0.000001 gram = 0.000001 g

1 microgram

1 mcg

1/1000000 gram

one-millionth gram

grams

serve size

Total Fat

Sodium

Carbs

Sugar

Protien

Iron

Potassium

Calcium

Vitamin D

grams

grams

grams

grams

grams

grams

grams

grams

grams

adjective

noun

amount

unit

milli

gram

mg

microgram

mcg or μg

milliliter

ml or mL

microwatt

μW

kilowatt

kW

megawatt

MW

blue

sky

megawatt

gigawatt

terawatt

MW

GW

TW

Canada provided the USA 27,220,531 MWh (megawatt hours = millions of watts) of electricity in 2024.

27,220,531,000,000. watts

27,220,531,000 kilowatts kW

27,220,531 megawatts MW

27,220.531 gigawatts GW

27.220531 terawatts TW

Customary vs. Metric

Inches, Feet, Yards, Miles...DISTANCE...Meters

Fluid Ounces, Cups, Pints, Quarts, Gallons...VOLUME...Liters

Ounces, Pounds, Tons...MASS...Grams

Fahrenheit...TEMPERATURE...Celcius

Mills Thousandths

ten-thousandth

hundred-thousandth

one-thousandth

hundredth

tenth

The USA has no mill coins, but Palestine had mill coins which are pictured here.

10

10

10

10

10 hundred-thousandth = 1 ten-thousandth.

10 ten-thousandth = 1 thousandth.

10 thousandth = 1 hundredth.

10 hundredth is 1 tenth.

10 dimes = 1 dollar

10 cents = 1 dime

10 mills = 1 cent

10 ten-mills = 1 mill

10 hundred-mills = 1 ten-mill

10

.001

.002

.003

.004

.005

.006

.007

.008

.009

.010

.0001

.0002

.0003

.0004

.0005

.0006

.0007

.0008

.0009

.0010

.00001

.00002

.00003

.00004

.00005

.00006

.00007

.00008

.00009

.00010

Decimal Form of Thousandths:

1 m

2 m

5 m

3 m

4 m

6 m

7 m

8 m

9 m

10 m

.1 m

.2 m

.01 m

.6 m

.4 m

.5 m

.3 m

.7 m

.8 m

.9 m

1.0 m

.02 m

.03 m

.04 m

.05 m

.06 m

.07 m

.08 m

.09 m

.10 m

International System Form with SI Symbol m for milli- meaning thousandths. SI symbols are used in the metric system.

1/1000

2/1000

3/1000

4/1000

5/1000

6/1000

7/1000

8/1000

9/1000

10/1000

1/10000

2/10000

3/10000

4/10000

5/10000

6/10000

7/10000

8/10000

9/10000

10/10000

4/10000

1/100000

2/100000

3/100000

4/100000

5/100000

6/100000

7/100000

8/100000

9/100000

10/100000

Fraction Form of Thousandths (no commas are in the denominator). 1 whole is divided into a thousand equal parts:

thousandth

two-thousandth

three-thousandth

four-thousandth

five-thousandth

six-thousandth

seven-thousandth

eight-thousandth

nine-thousandth

ten-thousandth

one-ten-thousandth

one-hundred-thousandth

two-ten-thousandth

three-ten-thousandth

four-ten-thousandth

five-ten-thousandth

six-ten-thousandth

seven-ten-thousandth

eight-ten-thousandth

nine-ten-thousandth

ten-ten-thousandth

two-hundred-thousandth

three-hundred-thousandth

four-hundred-thousandth

five-hundred-thousandth

six-hundred-thousandth

seven-hundred-thousandth

eight-hundred-thousandth

nine-hundred-thousandth

ten-hundred-thousandth

Word Form of Thousandth (the th means divided by a thousand). The hyphen between the numerator and denominator is the bar in the fraction. Example:

1/1000 = one-thousandth