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pianoman asked in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay · 1 decade ago

Why is the letter K used to denote a thousand? Is that from the metric system?

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razorboy1969
1 decade ago
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the letter K in the metric system stands for kilo or kilogram which means a thousand (1000) grams

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