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Short answer: metric uses base 10, and humans count in base 10 (thanks to having eight fingers and two thumbs)! Money is predominently metric around the world... 100 cents or pennies or centavo to the dollar or pound or Euro or peso.
There are plenty of things that are sold metrically, even in countries still using the English system. Two-liter bottles of soda, for example. It's much easier to calculate areas and volume in metric terms.
Here's an example. How many square inches in an acre? Well, an acre is 4840 square yards (which itself isn't even a square root of a whole number). And there are 9 square feet in a square yard, and 144 square inches in a square foot... that's 6,272,640 square inches in an acre. It would take ages to work that out, even with a calculator. OK, how many square centimeters in a hectare. Well, a hectare is a square with sides of 100 meters. That's 10,000 square meters. And a square meter has 10,000 square centimeters in it. Ten thousand multiplied by ten thousand... ten squared is a hundred, thousand squared is a million ... 100 million square centimeters in a hectare.
Weights are easier, too. One cubic meter (around a cubic yard) of water weighs one metric tonne (about the same a 1 ton). Otherwise known as 100 kilograms, or a million grams. There are a million ccs in a cubic meter, so 1cc of water weighs one gram. It would be much more complicated with fluid ounces and cubic inches!
It is also easier to use it to calculate measurements and THEN convert those results to the imperial measurement. One need not multiply feet by 12 (and add the inches) to get the inches. Or multiply gallons by 8 to get pints, then pints by 16 to get fluid ounces. Everything is in units of 10, 100, 1000, and so forth.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agothere may be pros and cons to the metric system and yes the metric system is easier and most of world uses it but, lets say the u.s would change there would be a lot of problems 2 like it would take a lot of money to change signs and text books stuff like that, it would be difficult to convert the country and then u would hav to re-educate every1 all over again, and me personally dosent think the us needs to change cause were doing fine rite now
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What are some metric system suffixes?
what are some metric system suffixes
Do some research on countries that have recently gone metric what prolems did these countries face how did they overcome the problems did the benefits of converting to the metric system outweight the?
I have homework in my science book with the same exact question.. literally its word from word. well there really is no answer to this question. all there is, is a bunch of countries that went metric in the 1900's which is not useful so take my advice and put no answer next to that question.
What is the difference between decimal and metric?
Decimal refers to any system of numbers which uses a base 10. Metric commonly refers to anything used within the metric system. or to do with the/a metre of some sort.
How is the metric system organized?
A metric system is organized from the smallest unit to the largest unit. Each unit has some kind of relation to each other by factors of ten.
Give an example of English system and metric system?
The US Customary system is a system of measurements which is used only in the US and seldom elsewhere. Some of its measurements include: inch, yard, mile, pound, quart, pint, etc. Elsewhere, the metric system is used. This is an efficient system because it is based on powers of 10. Some metric units include: kilogram, millimeter, centimeter, and kilometer.
Why are some reasons the US may or may not change over to this metric system of measurement?
This was decided a long time ago. The cost of converting to the metric system was too high!
What are some metric system suffixes?
what are some metric system suffixes
What are some advantages that the metric system has over the imperial system?
The metric system has the advantage of base 10 conversion. There are 100 centimeters to a meter, 1000 milliliters to a liter, and 1000 grams to a kilogram. This means that so long as you are using Base 10 for your calculations, all you have to do to move a decimal point.
Which continent uses the metric system?
In all the continents are using some countries are using the metric system more in Asia and Europe most of the countries are using the metric system.
Disadvantage of the metric system?
In the long term, using world-wide standardized measurements is all advantages, no disadvantages. In the short term, the transition can be uncomfortable, and can cause some problems, due to people confusing the old system and the new system.
Define the metric system and name four metric units?
Metric System- A system of measuring length, volume, and weight based in groups of 10 Some Metric Units: Millimeter, Centimeter, Decimeter, Meter, Decameter, Hectometer, Kilometer
What are some reason that the si system uses metric uinits and not the English system?
Only three countries still cling to the "English" system, whereas the whole world uses metric. The SI units were established in 1960 as part of a review of the metric system used at the time; it uses metric units because it is the current version of the metric system.
Do some research on countries that have recently gone metric what prolems did these countries face how did they overcome the problems did the benefits of converting to the metric system outweight the?
I have homework in my science book with the same exact question.. literally its word from word. well there really is no answer to this question. all there is, is a bunch of countries that went metric in the 1900's which is not useful so take my advice and put no answer next to that question.
Canada's Legal system of measurement?
In some countries as Canada (ancient British colonies) the degree Fahrenheit is used.
What is the difference between decimal and metric?
Decimal refers to any system of numbers which uses a base 10. Metric commonly refers to anything used within the metric system. or to do with the/a metre of some sort.
Do health care workers use metric units?
Yes. The metric system is the standard system of measurement for health care workers. Some measurements (such as patient weight) are still done in the Imperial system where that system is the system at large.
How is the metric system organized?
A metric system is organized from the smallest unit to the largest unit. Each unit has some kind of relation to each other by factors of ten.
