Educator Guide: The Metric System Has Gained New Prefixes

To handle an exponential growth in data, the metric system is getting its first update in three decades Based on the measuring system's new prefixes, Earth’s mass is about six ronnagrams. That’s a six followed by 27 zeroes.
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About this guide
The metric system has gotten an upgrade! In this guide, students will learn about new measurement prefixes, work with those prefixes in metric conversions and create their own units of measure.
This Guide Includes:
Measuring up with metric prefixes
Create your own unit of measure
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