Imperial measurement is omplicated, inconsistent and generally difficult to use. For example, how many inches - or feet, or yards, or furlongs and so on in a mile? Now have a look at how many centimetres - or millimetres, or metres - are in a kilometer. For the first you need a calculator. For the second you simply multiply by tens.
There are no disadvantages or advantages. It is simply a different system of aribitrary measurements with arbitrary demarcation. An ounce is only an ounce because we say so and a gram is only a gram because we say so. When you have 16 ounces you get a pound only because we have decided you do, and when you have 1000 grams you get a kilogram only because we have decided you do.
However, the use of base 10 for the metric system, rather than the complicated 12-3-2-6-10 multiplication, makes different metric units easier to convert.
The English system and the metric system.
a centimeter is closest
The two systems of measurement include the English system which is based on the foot measurements, and the Metric system based on the Meter as the unit of reference.
The metric system and standard, or English, system are two sets of standards that are used for quantifying weights and measures.
Apparently it's not as universal as you think.
The metric system.
The English system and the metric system.
The English system and the metric system.
The English system is a measurement system; in a sense it is a metric system but it is not the metric system, so I would avoid using that word to describe it.
the metric system/SI
Metric: millilitres. Imperial: fluid ounces. English: none - there is no such system.
1. Metric System 2. English System
metric system and English system
A advantage for the metric system is that it goes up in multiples of 10 where english goes up in multiples of 12. 12 is harder to work with and multiply and add than 10 is. But 10 is not very flexible so is harder to divide with.
An inch is such a measure.
In the English system, Miles. In the Metric system, Kilometers.
a centimeter is closest