A. Yates

Does anyone know how to convert milliliters to cc's?
I need to know how many cc's 3 ml are......
I've looked everywhere, and can't find the answer.
Ann

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on 3/27/00 8:43 AM, A. Yates at hooperck@... wrote:

> Does anyone know how to convert milliliters to cc's?
> I need to know how many cc's 3 ml are......
> I've looked everywhere, and can't find the answer.

They are the same.
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Thea
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In a message dated 03/27/2000 10:35:07 AM Central Standard Time,
hooperck@... writes:

> Does anyone know how to convert milliliters to cc's?
> I need to know how many cc's 3 ml are.

Hi Ann,
Maybe you can find the answer on this site, (I would look for you if I had
more time). Good luck :O). Tracy
<A HREF="http://www.wolinskyweb.com/measure.htm">Measure 4 Measure: Sites
That Do the Work For You</A>

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I_kilo=1000
>>>>>>10
I_hecto=100
>>>>>>>10
I_deca1
>>>>>>>10
I_liter,gram,meter=1
>>>>>10
I_deci=1\10
>>>>>>10
I_centi=1\100
>>>>>10
I_milli1\1000

Think of the metric system as a ladder.
____Centi =3 milli answer 30 or you could think of it like this 3.0
move decimal to right you get 30
Not starting with centi you would count 10......10x3=30
___deci =3 milli 10x10=100 .........100x3=300
Not starting with deci you would count 10x10

FUN (Billy & Nancy)

> Think of the metric system as a ladder.
> ____Centi =3 milli answer 30 or you could think of it like
> this 3.0
> move decimal to right you get 30
> Not starting with centi you would count 10......10x3=30
> ___deci =3 milli 10x10=100 .........100x3=300
> Not starting with deci you would count 10x10


Actually, the units should be dividing by 10, not multiplying. Deci- implies
1/10 of a unit, centi- 1/100, and milli- 1/1000. Going up the units are deka
for 10x, hecto for 100x, and kilo for 1000x.

You did point out one of the logical aspects of the metric system - that the
units are multiples of 10 (instead of arcane values like 8 oz in a cup or 12
inches in a foot and 3 feet in a yard), but you missed something that is
another neat aspect of the system.

3 cc is the same as 3ml, not 30 ml. The reason for this is that ml stands
for milli"liter" and cc stands for cubic centi"meter". Liters are a
measurement of volume, meters are a measurement of length. What is cool
about this is that a cube that measures 1 cm on each side contains 1 ml of
water. But wait - there's more! That cubic centimeter of water that occupies
1 milliliter of space weighs 1 gram. That's still not the end of it! If you
cool that liquid water to zero degrees C, it will become a solid. If you
heat it to 100 degrees C, it will turn to a gas (assumes standard
conditions).

Look at the symmetry of that. It's as if a cube of water that was a foot
long on each edge defined the volume of a gallon which also weighed 1 pound.
The metric system is very clever in the way it relates many different
factors!

Sorry, I guess all those years of running a laboratory are showing through!

Billy
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