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Volume Measurements in the Metric System

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Volume Measurements in the Metric System Metric Units of Volume Volume measures the capacity occupied by liquid, solid, or gas. Let's learn about the units for volume in the Metric System , or essentially, how much space something is taking up in three dimensions. We need to use liquid measuring cups and spoons for basic liquid measurements and conversions. Remember, there are weight measuring cups too, and make sure you use the correct one. The most significant units of volume in the Metric System of Measurements are, liter milliliter kiloliter We use these for liquid measurements every single day. Whether we're cooking, gardening, or filling a pool, we have to know the right unit to use. If you're trying to fill a swimming pool, you're probably going to want to use kiloliters more so than you would want to use milliliters. Remember, a milliliter is a small amount, and a kiloliter is quite large. When you're cooking, chances are you're probably going to use mil

The United States and the Metric System

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Who uses the Metric System? The entire world uses the metric system or The International System of Units (SI) for measurements except for Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States of America. In the USA they use Customary Units like inches, feet, pounds, quarts, and gallons. This is fine except that you have to memorize or look up the strange conversions to get from one unit to another. What is the Metric System? To avoid confusion and strange conversions, scientists around the world have adopted the metric system, which is based on multiples of 10. There are seven base units in the Metric System: the meter (m), the kilogram (kg), the second (s), the kelvin (K), the ampere (A), the mole (mol), and the candela (cd). In order to measure anything smaller or larger than these base units, you can add a prefix that the multiple of 10. There are six prefixes that go smaller and larger than the base unit. Though there are 7 base units, meter, liter, and gram are the ones that you're most l

How Many Ounces in a Pound?

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Pounds to Ounces Weight Converter Type a value in the "Pounds" field to convert the value to "Ounces": Pounds Ounces: How many ounces are there in a pound? 1 pound equals 16 ounces.  1 lb = 16 oz Pounds to Ounces Conversion Formula Ounce s = Pounds * 16 I.e the mass in ounces is equal to the value of the pounds multiplied by 16. How to Convert Pounds to Ounces? Example 01 Let's figure out 5 pounds is equal to how many ounces. First, we are going to start by writing what we know below, 1 lb = 16 oz Then, we need to see how the number is changing instead of one pound. 5 lbs = .... oz Here, we have five pounds, which's five times bigger. So, what we have to do is, make it 5 times larger. 1 lb x 5 = 16 oz x 5 We've already changed the pounds to 5 times larger and then, we'd take the 16 ounces and make it five times larger. So that means, 5 lbs = 80 oz Therefore, 5 pounds is equal to 80 ounces. Example 02 Another typ