The metric
system is the oldest name for the international system of units. The answer is a.
True. SI unit or the international systems of units are based on seven
basic units; the meter, kilogram, second, ampere, Kelvin, candela and mole. All
of these basic units are divided into multiples by a power of ten. For example
in meters, 1 meter is equal to: 1000 millimeter, 100 centimeter, 10 decimeter,
0.1 decameter, 0.01 hectometer, 0.001 kilometer and so on and so forth.
