"King Henry Doesn't Usually Drink Chocolate…

“King Henry Died Monday Drinking Chocolate Milk” is a mnemonic device for remembering the metric units, in descending order: kil-, hecto-, deka-, meter-, deci-, centi-, milli-.

The “M” for “meter” (or “Monday”) is sometimes replaced by “U” for “unit” or “B” for “base unit,” so that the mnemonic can be used for meters, grams and liters. “King Henry Died Unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk,” “King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Chocolate Milk” and “King Henry Died By Doing Crystal Meth” are related mnemonics.

“King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Cold Milk” was printed in a 2005 book. “King Henry doesn’t [usually] drink chocolate milk” was posted on freeMATHhelp on July 28, 2006.

“King Henry Died Unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk” was posted on TeacherChat Forums on March 8, 2008. “King Henry Died Unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk. Dumb ass shouldn’t have been so greedy. Mwahahahahahah!” was posted on

Twitter by wolfgang8810 on October 21, 2009.

“King Henry died by doing crystal meth! Hahaha” was posted on Twitter by Alexandra Hosler on March 25, 2010. “King Henry Died Monday Doing Crystal Meth” was posted on Twitter by Chef Wiz on September 10, 2010.

The Free Dictionary—Acronyms
KHDUDCM
Acronym Definition
KHDUDCM Kilo Hecto Deca Unit Deci Centi Milli (units of measure)
KHDUDCM Kings Hide Dragons Under Dark Castle Moats (mnemonic for metric measure increments)
KHDUDCM King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Chocolate Milk (mnemonic for metric measure increments)
KHDUDCM King Henry Died Unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk (mnemonic for metric measure increments)

Google Books
McDougal Littell Middle School Math. Course 1
By Ron Larson and McDougal Littell.
Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell
2005
Pg. 53:
Use the phrase: King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Cold Milk. Each first letter matches the first letter of a metric unit. Kilo-, Hecto-, Deka-, UNIT, Deci-, Centi-, Milli-.

freeMATHhelp
Thread: math mnemonics
stapel
07-28-2006, 12:45 PM
There’s the mnemonic for keeping the basic metric prefixes straight:

. . . . .King Henry doesn’t [usually] drink chocolate milk

...which, of course, stands for:

. . . . .kilo-, hecto-, deka-, [unit], deci-, centi-, milli-

TeacherChat Forums
metric conversions pneumonic needed!
King Henry Died Unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk
lemonhead, Mar 8, 2008

Twitter
wolfgang8810
@wolfgang8810
King Henry Died Unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk. Dumb ass shouldn’t have been so greedy. Mwahahahahahah!
9:13 AM - 21 Oct 2009

Twitter
Nick Harper
@NickHarper4
King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti and King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Chocolate Milk…these kings are pretty picky… #praxisII
5:24 PM - 12 Mar 2010

Twitter
Alexandra Hosler
@Alexisacoolkid
King Henry died by doing crystal meth! Hahaha
10:26 AM - 25 Mar 2010

Twitter
Chef Wiz
@WizKharina
King Henry
Died
Monday
Doing
Crystal
Meth, lmbo
6:24 PM - 10 Sep 2010

Yahoo! Answers (September 13, 2010)
Metric Measurment and Conversion in Chemistry?
Best Answer: Well the system i was taught was KHDBDCM. We used a mnemonic device to remember it.
King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milke
King Henry Died By Doing Crystal Meth
Whichever you prefer,
K=Kilo(meters)
H=Hecto(meters)
D=Deci(meters)
B=Basic Unit(Meters in this case)
D=Decka(meters)
C=Centi(meters)
M=Milli(meters)
(...)
Jane

Twitter
Austin Bourdeau
@austinbored_o
King Henry doesn’t usually drink chocolate milk. I NEED to remember this for my chem test tomorrow. Wow, I’m so stupid.
11:56 PM - 29 Sep 2010

YouTube
Metric Conversions shortcut using “King Henry Died Unexpectedly drinking Chocolate Milk” SI units
Jeffrey Chung
Published on Feb 18, 2012
Help with Metric unit prefixes and converting them into other units.
kilo-, hecto-, deka-, deci-, centi-, and milli-
I taught this to one of my 5th grade students and it really helped him on his test. SI units

this helps convert the unit measurements of liter, meter and gram
COMMENTS
Jacob Trujillo
How bout, king henry doesnt usually drink chocolate milk

Google Books
Even Funnier:
A Middle School Story
By James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
New York, NY: JIMMY Patterson Books / Little, Brown and Company
2013
Pg. ?:
“King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Chocolate Milk,” says Stevie.

I just nod. To ask him what he’s talking about would mean risking my life.

“That’s how you memorize the basic prefixes in the metric system, dummy,” says Stevie. “Kilo, hecto, deca, units, deci, centi, milli.”

Twitter
Ames
@AmyRodriguez48
“King Henry doesn’t usually do crystal meth”
😂😂😂
1:51 PM - 26 Aug 2014

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alli
@allli___
king henry died monday drinking chocolate milk? more like king henry died monday doing crystal meth #hardcore
10:36 AM - 11 Dec 2014

Twitter
Laurel Regnier
@MsRegnier
Extra!Extra! King Henry Died unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk! (KHDuDCM) & Regnier’s class converts metric units!
1:03 PM - 31 Aug 2015

Twitter
Mrs DeCarlo
@d60MaerckerTech
MSNI-4GR math learned KHDUDCM is King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Chocolate Milk for Metric Conversions #d60learns
1:43 PM - 5 May 2016

Twitter
iFunny IlluzionZ
@crypticchr0me
Having trouble remembering the metric system? Remember, King Henry Died By Doing Crystal Meth (Kilo, Hecto, Deka, Base, Deci, Centi, Milli)
7:59 PM - 28 Jan 2018

Twitter
porterpltw
@porterpltw1
King Henry Died Unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk. Maybe he was lactose intolerant? LTHS IED students are using this statement to learn about prefixes with the SI Measurement System. @PLTWorg @LockportHS205 @PorterPride
9:29 AM - 19 Oct 2018

“King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Chocolate Milk” (metric mnemonic)