mi

Everyday

1. Mi is the short way to write mile, a long unit of length for roads and trips. A mile is about 1.6 kilometers. tree →
2. In singing (do, re, mi), mi is the third note of the scale. tree →

In the lessons

a unit of distance written after a number, as in 5 mi; used in travel and speed problems and on road signs in the USA and the UK; mph means miles per hour

Examples

• The town is 12 mi away. tree →
• She drives 30 mi each day. tree →
• The trail is 4 mi long. tree →
• A car goes 60 mi in one hour. tree →
• The sign said: Beach 3 mi. tree →
• The speed limit is 25 mph near the school. tree →
• Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. tree →
• We hiked 2 mi before lunch. tree →

Note

Read «mi» as «miles»; it names the unit of the number before it. With «per hour» it is a speed, so distance = speed × time. Trap: do not mix mi with km; mi is not «min» (minutes) and not «m» (meters).