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  Length

      1 centimeter (cm) = 10 millimeters (mm)

      1 decimeter (dm) = 10 centimeters

        1 meter (m) = 10 decimeters

        1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters

 Liquid Volume

      1,000 milliliters (ml) = 1 liter (l)

                 Mass

      1,000 milligrams (mg) =                  1 gram (g)

           Some Important Metric Prefixes

                kilo = one thousand

                deci = one-tenth

                centi = one-hundredth

                milli = one-thousandth

                micro = one-millionth