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What is the difference between metric measurements and US customary units?
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∙ 12y ago
Metric is smaller.
Not necessarily. Metric is smarter and easier and also depends on how you look at it and what measurement you refer to.
World says litre and metre. US says liter and meter (and Clicks) but are not metricated as yet.
A litre is bigger than a pint, and water is 1Kg per litre. Easy to remember.
How quick could the average person say how much a pint of water weighs?
A Metric Ton (or tonne) is 1000 Kgs, and 1000 litres of water weigh one metric ton. Another easy one.
what is the volume of an imperial ton of water?
A litre is smaller than a quart and gallon.
An inch is bigger than a millimeter and centimeter.
A metre is longer than a foot and a yard.
A kilometer is shorter than a mile.
A hectare is bigger than an acre.
Fahrenheit zero degrees is based on freezing salt saturated water.
Celsius zero degrees is based on freezing pure water.
Bolt heads, threads and tools are a nightmare for the average person.
Diameters of many items are in gauges and also in reverse, ie 16 gauge is smaller than 8 gauge. Metric is simply the size in the right order without needing references or slide rules.
A lot of European shoe sizes are metric while all others are varied from inches to independent Asian, British and US measurements. Makes buying online a bit of a nightmare.
And the 10 Gallon Hat? It's only 9 Imperial Gallons hahaha.
Well that's it. I'm sure I've missed somethings and irked a few die-hards, but this was fun.
Bye
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What is the difference between customary measurements and the metric measurements?
Metric measurements use powers of 10. Any other system has NO bases or logic.
What are the costumary measurements?
They are the U.S. measurements. Instead of the Metric system that uses meters, the Customary system uses feet and inches.
Is a foot customary or metric?
It is a customary unit.
Is a pound metric or customary?
The pound is NOT a metric unit.
Is a liter customary or metric?
Metric.
What is the difference between customary measurements and the metric measurements?
Metric measurements use powers of 10. Any other system has NO bases or logic.
Is celsius temperature related more to metric measurements or to customary measurements?
Yes.
Do scientists use the customary system or the metric system of measurements?
They use the metric system.
What is the difference between the US Customary System and the Metric System?
The customary units are ones we use everyday. metric units usually have the word meter on it. my teacher taught me meter metric no meter no metric.
What are the costumary measurements?
They are the U.S. measurements. Instead of the Metric system that uses meters, the Customary system uses feet and inches.
What is the difference between metric tools and standard tools?
In most of the world, there is no difference, because the metric system is the customary system.In a few isolated hold-out corners of the world, such as the USA, the English system is still customary.In those places, the main difference between the metric system and their customary system is that theircustomary system is a lot harder for their people to learn than the metric system would be.
Is a foot customary or metric?
It is a customary unit.
What is 600mm inchs?
600 millimeters in metric measurements is the equivalent of 23.622 inches in US customary measurements. One inch is the equivalent of 25.4 millimeters.
What are the similarities of the metric and customary measurements?
Some similarities of the metric and customary systems
What is the difference between metric and imperial?
Imperial measurements are based on multiples of various numbers eg 16 ozs in a pound, 14 pounds in a stone etc. Metric measurements are based on multiples of 10 eg 1000 grams in a kilogram etc. This makes Metric measurements easier to use in calculations.
Is a meter customary or metric?
The opposing systems are imperial and metric, not customary. But, meters are metric.
How much does a gallon of milk weigh in customary and metric measurements?
One US gallon of producer's milk (not skimmed, semi-skimmed, homogenised etc), weighs 10.1 pounds-force in customary measure and 44.5 newton in metric measure.
