You've got most of the ones I use when I teach people about metric, so they have benchmarks from which to visualize without converting to antiquated units.
I most often use: - 1 kg = the mass of 1 L of water - 1 g = approximate mass of a paper clip - 2.5 g = exact mass of a US penny - 5 g = exact mass of a US nickel - 1 000 kg = 1 Mg = 1 tonne = mass of 1 000 L of water = mass of 1 m³ of water - 80 L = volume of the fuel tank of a Honda Pilot - 5 000 m² = 0.5 ha = roughly the area of an American football field - 435 m² = roughly the area of an NBA basketball court (a FIBA basketball court is exactly 420 m²) - 1 ha = almost exactly the area inside a 400 m track = the area of a square surrounding the base of the Statue of Liberty Although you didn't ask for it, I use these for length/distance: - 1 mm = roughly the thickness of a US dime - 10 mm = roughly the width of one's pinky - 100 mm = roughly the width of one's hand - 150 mm = approximate length of US paper money - 2 m = the height of a door - 100 m = approximate length of a US football field* with only one end zone included* *Zach Rodriguez* http://twitter.com/#!/metricamerica http://twitter.com/#!/zachrodriguez On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Paul Rittman <[email protected]> wrote: > I like to keep a list of real-life examples of units, so when I come > across metric dimensions, I can recall (or state for others) a suitable > comparison point. I have some decent ones for area (at least for someone > who lives in southern California, United States), but am not comfortable > with the examples for volume and weight. > > Do others here on this list have some good real-life examples? > > You can see what I have, on this pdf: > http://www.paulrittman.com/Metric.pdf > > >
