As the presidential election of 1868 drew near, Republicans nominated Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant. Although Grant had never held public office, he had been a successful Union general, was popular in the North, and served as a reminder that Republicans had won the war.
In the metric system mass is measured in kilograms and grams and these will be the units we will most often use. (In the United States today, almost no one knows what the unit of mass is called--it's not the pound. The pound is a unit of weight--more about weight in the next paragraph.ou will measure the mass of objects by comparing them to the mass of pennies with a thing we will call a Mass Balance. Although mass is usually measured in kilograms or grams, we will measure mass in pennies.
Youâll measure and estimateusing metric units.So you can estimate the mass of a bike, as in Ex. 20.The is a decimal system of measurement. The metricsystem has units for length, mass, and capacity. Length The is the basic unit of length in the metric system.esson 2.6 Measuring in Metric Units 83 Estimate the length of the object. Then measure the object using ametric ruler. 9. Your foot 10. Pencil eraser 11. This page Find the mass of the object. 12. 13. Find the amount of liquid in the measuring cup. 14. 15.