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This is based upon the decimal scale, each unit of weight or measurement being 10 times greater than the previous one. To convert from one unit to another we merely change the position of the decimal point.
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© 1977 Harold Ward
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Ward, H. (1977). Metric System and Foreign Exchange. In: Business Arithmetic. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03028-6_8
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