(the material of the module is taken from:“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP;
Unit 23, pg.26; Unit 24; pg.27)
SECTION A
1. What do these abbreviations stand for? Match the abbreviations below with their full forms (1-9) below.
| cm kg l ml g (x)² (x)³ km m | |||||||
| centimetre | metre | ||||||
| gram | millilitre | ||||||
| kilogram | cubic | ||||||
| kilometre | square | ||||||
| litre |
2. Do we have the same words in the Russian language? Why is it useful to have standard international systems?