Measurements

We all know that we can measure things with certain units that we all have agreed upon. There are two

Vernier caliper

systems at work at the current time; Metric System and the Imperial System. Both of these measure with

1. Length
2. Area
3. Volume
4. Mass and Weight

The standard in scientific measurement is mostly the metric system. But still there are countries that use imperial system instead. While the Metric system measures using a decimal system imperial system uses otherwise. It doesn't have a pattern to my point of view. But the Metric system also known as the SI (International System of units) has a well organised pattern and a prefix for most of the points. Since the majority of usage, we will discuss only about the Metric system.

There are 3 sub systems in Metric System.

1. Centimeter-Gram-Second System (CGS)
2. Meter-Kilogram-Second System (MKS)
3. Meter-Tonne-Second System (MTS)

We can use either of these systems as per the scope of our measurement. Normally we use MKS system for our usages. Hence we measure

• Length by Meters: suffix 'm'
• Area by square meters: suffix 'm^2'
• Volume by meter cube: suffix 'm^3'
• Mass and weight by Kilograms: suffix 'kg'

There are a lot yet to be explained. To keep the post simple, I'd stop here. Will meet you with another Post!

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Information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units