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Hi, I'm Jacob Pennington, with more math news you can use.

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We all know that the meter is the basic unit of length in the mechanical system.

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But how long is a meter? Let's figure it out.

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A dime is about one millimeter thick.

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That's small.

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It sure is. Now watch.

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There are 10 millimeters in a centimeter,

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10 centimeters in a decimeter,

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and 10 decimeters in a meter.

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Hey, everything is grouped by tens.

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You've got it.

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A meter is 10 decimeters long,

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100 centimeters long,

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1,000 millimeters long.

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Whew, you said a mouthful.

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Until next time, I'm Jacob Pennington, with more math news you can use.