Tuesday 3rd September 2024
    Difficulty: Hard

    Size matters (Quiz #655)

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    Standard units for measuring distance are all based on the metre. For example, a kilometre is 1,000 metres and a megametre is 1,000,000 metres, while a millimetre is 0.001 metres and a micrometre is 0.000001 metres.

    1. The approximate distance from the Earth to the Sun is 1,500,000,000 metres. This can also be expressed as...what?

    2. New prefixes were added in 2022. Which is bigger: a ronnametre or a rontometre?

    3. Which of these is NOT an actual unit of measurement?

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