The choice of using cL or mL is clear if one wishes to adhere to the 1/1,000
and the 1,000 principle. 1,000 removes the need to make a mental
conversions between cL to L or to mL and, therefore, removes a measure of
error and confusion. Moreover, going from L to kL (cubic metre) is straight
forward too; kL has a very practical use and relationship in real life.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 4:24 AM
Subject: [USMA:39202] RE: Use of the centiliter
Some things are cl and some things a ml.
A coke can, for instance, can be one or other.
From: "Mike Millet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:39196] Use of the centiliter
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:25:55 -0600
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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