The Metric System Word Search
The Metric System, as a word search. 12 words drawn from the terms and ideas of a school subject sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: METER, LITER, GRAM, KILO, MILLI, CENTI, DECIMAL, DIVIDE, MULTIPLY, VOLUME, MASS, LENGTH.
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The Metric System word list, defined
- METER /ˈmiːtɚ/ (US); /ˈmiːtə(r)/ (UK) · noun; verb
- A meter is a device for measuring usage, flow, or time; a unit of poetic rhythm; or, in US English, a metric unit of length equal to 100 centimeters. As a verb, meter means to measure or regulate an amount, rate, or flow. Related: rhythm, gauge, measure, cadence.
- LITER /ˈliːtər/ · noun
- A metric unit of volume equal to one cubic decimetre, equivalent to approximately 1.057 US liquid quarts. It is used for measuring both liquids and other volumes. Related: litre.
- GRAM /ɡræm/ · noun
- A gram (symbol g) is a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram, or 1,000 milligrams. Related: gramme.
- KILO /ˈkiːloʊ/ (US); /ˈkɪləʊ/ (UK) · noun
- A unit of mass equal to 1,000 grams, used in many countries as the everyday term for kilogram. Informally, it can also mean a thousand of something. Related: kilogram, kg, kilogramme.
- DECIMAL /ˈdɛsɪməl/ · noun, adjective
- As a noun, a decimal is a number expressed in the base-ten system, especially a fraction written with a decimal point (such as 0.5). As an adjective, it describes something relating to or denominated in tens or the base-ten system. Related: base-ten, denary.
- DIVIDE /dɪˈvaɪd/ · verb
- To separate something into parts, groups, or sections, or to share something among a number of people. It can also mean to cause disagreement or to perform the mathematical operation of division. Related: split, separate, partition, divide up.
- MULTIPLY /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/ · verb
- To increase the number or amount of something, or to cause something to increase in number or amount. In mathematics, to calculate the product of two or more numbers or quantities. Related: increase, multiply, expand, proliferate.
- VOLUME /ˈvɒljuːm/ (British), /ˈvɑːljuːm/ (US) · noun; verb
- Volume is the amount or extent of space occupied or contained by something, or the amount of something considered as a whole. It also refers to the loudness of a sound and, in publishing, to a book or a collection of books forming part of a set. Related: amount, capacity, size, loudness.
- MASS /mæs/ · noun, verb, adjective
- A mass is a large amount, collection, or body of something. In physics, mass is the quantity of matter in an object; the word can also refer to a large gathering or a religious service. Related: amount, quantity, body, bulk.
- LENGTH /leŋθ/ · noun
- The measurement or extent of something from end to end, especially its longer dimension. It can also refer to the duration of an event or the amount of time something takes. Related: extent, duration, span, distance.
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