The use of the cL varies from country to country with the French and the
Italians using it quite a bit.  I have seen wine bottles labeled 750 mL, 75
cL and 0,75 L.  (I used the "," deliberately because that is what was on the
bottle).

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Mike Millet
Sent: 27 July 2007 04:26
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:39196] Use of the centiliter

 

I was going through my sister's math curriculum the other day for fun seeing
if I could remember all my math from way back when. My mom homeschools and
the curriculum she uses is one from a UK school, which means that thankfully
all the problems are in SI. 

 

One thing that did throw me for a loop was the questions that asked "how
many cL are in one liter" 

 

Is the centiliter more common in European schools and life instead of the
milliliter?

 

I have to admit to being embarrased on the matching game though. I
incorrectly labelled a dog as weighing one metric tonne because the picture
looked a lot like the cow next to it at first glance, and the questions
where it presented you with a picture and asked you to guess how much each
item weighed in real life  really threw me. 

 

It was a fun test of my very early math skills though.

 

Mike

-- 
"The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?" 

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