2 km is equal to how many meters?
A kilometer is a multiple of a meter, being 1000 times larger. Therefore, 2 kilometers equals 2000 meters.
What are the basic units of the international system of units?
- Meter (m) - length
- kilogram (kg) - mass
- second(s) - time
- Ampere (A) - electric current
- Kelvin (K) - temperature
- Mol (mol) - amount of matter
- Candela (cd) - luminous intensity
What is the internationally used unit of measurement for length?
The fundamental unit of length in the international system is the meter.
Its multiples are: dekameter (dam), hectometer (hm) and kilometer (kg). Its submultiples: decimeter (dm), centimeter (cm) and millimeter (mm).
What units of measurement for length are used in the English system?
- Foot (ft) - United States, United Kingdom
- Yard (yd) - United States, United Kingdom
- Mile (mi) - United States, United Kingdom
What unit of measurement is used internationally?
The gram (g) is the fundamental unit of mass in the international system. Its multiples are: the decagram (dag), the hectogram (hg) and the kilogram (kg). Its submultiples: decigram (dg), centigram (cg), milligram (mg).
What units of mass measurement are used in the English system?
- Pound (lb) - United States and United Kingdom
- Ounce (oz) - United States and United Kingdom
What is the unit of measurement of time used internationally?
Second and its multiples, such as minute and hour.
- Second(s) - Brazil, most countries in the world
- Minute (min) - Brazil, most countries in the world
- Time (h) - Brazil, most countries in the world
- Day (d) - Brazil, most countries in the world
- Week(s) - Brazil, most countries in the world
- Month (m) - Brazil, most countries in the world
- Year (y) - Brazil, most countries in the world
What unit of measurement is used internationally?
The cubic meter (m³), its multiples: cubic dekameter (dam³), cubic hectometer (hm³) and kilometer cubic (kg³) and submultiples, cubic decimeter (dm³), cubic centimeter (cm³) and cubic millimeter (mm³).
The liter (L) is also used.
What units of measurement of volume are used in the English system?
- Gallon (gal) - United States, United Kingdom
- Pint (en) - United States, United Kingdom
- Quart (qt) - United States, United Kingdom
- Cubic foot (ft³) - United States, United Kingdom
- Cubic yard (yd³) - United States, United Kingdom
- Cubic mile (mi³) - United States, United Kingdom
It is important to note that not all countries use the same units of measurement. For example, the United States and the United Kingdom use the English system, which is different from the international system of units used in most other countries in the world. This can cause confusion when people from different countries communicate.
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See too
- Units of Measure
- Exercises on units of measure solved
- Unit conversion
- Length Measurements
- Length measurement exercises
- Volume Measurements
- General knowledge questions and answers
- International System of Units
