MEASURES USED IN GUATEMALA UNITS OF LENGTH

Length is a quantity designed to measure the distance between two points. The unit to measure the length is the meter [m] in the international system of Units. KILOMETER [Km]: to measure distances is used the kilometer. 1km is 1000 meters METER [m]: it is used to measure small distances and large objects. 1m is 100 centimeter. CENTIMETER [cm]: it is used to measure objects and small distances. INCH [In]: is used in English Systems to measure objects or small distances. 1[in] is 2.54 cm. FOOT [ft.]: is a unit of measurement of natural origin, based on the human foot, equal to 30.48 cm YARD [yd.]: Length unit is used in fabric sales Guatemala. 1yd. is 0.9144 m.

CAPACITY OR VOLUME UNITS

The volume units are used to measure the amount of liquid content of a container. GALLN: It is the capacity measured unit that contains 4.25 liters. LITER [L]: Its the principal unit measured that contains 4 glasses of 250 ml. MILILITER [mL]: is the unit of volume, equal to thousandth part of a liter. 1000 mL is 1L. BOTTLE: A bottle is also a measure of capacity for some liquids, and equivalent to half pint or 756.3 ml.

UNITS OF WEIGHT
Weight measurements are used to measure the mass or amount of matter contained in a body. HUNDREDWEIGHT [q]: The hundredweight, measure that contain 4 arrobas or 100 pounds. ARROBA [@]: The arroba, measure containing 25 pound.

POUND: Measure of weight that contain 16 ounces.

OUNCE [oz.]: Unit of mass, containing 38.35 grams.

TON: in the Anglo-Saxon system originally referred to the large barrel with a capacity of 252 gallons, containing about 2016 pounds. GRAM [gr]: One gram is equal to one thousand milligrams. KILOGRAM [kg]: Recently started to be used in Guatemala, one kilogram has 1000 grams, or 2.20 pounds.

INTRODUCTION

In this work has been defined the units of measurement used in Guatemala, mentioning the most important and the most commonly used daily, is important to note that units of measure are investigated in the International System and the English System.

REFERENCES National apprenticeship service, Technology in business administration, Units of measurement October 18, 2008.

UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS FACULTY OF ENGINEERING TECHNICAL ENGLISH I SECTION: M

HOMEWORK No. 2 MEASURES USED IN GUATEMALA

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