What metric unit do people use to measure the area of Scotland?

Answer 1

Here is a rundown on what is hapening in Britain re measurements

• Most of British industry and government use the metric system in their internal operations and in some of their public or official communications.
• Schools teach mathematics and science primarily in metric.
• Many British sports (including Rugby union, athletics and swimming) use metres and kilometres.
• Roads and buildings are designed and constructed exclusively in metres.
• Petrol is sold by the litre
• Travellers taking a car to the Continent or Ireland by ferry or through the Channel Tunnel often have to give their vehicle dimensions in metres
• Ordnance Survey maps use metric scales and grid and give distances and heights in kilometres and metres respectively.
• Most shops (especially larger stores and supermarkets) give prices per kilogram or litre.
• All British meteorological measurement, whether temperature, rainfall or visibility, use metric units.
• DIY and garden supplies are generally sold in metric quantities.
• Medical records are kept using metric units, dosages of drugs are determined by body mass in kilograms and babies are weighed in grams.

Yet, much of British everyday life is untouched by metric and indeed in many cases people are forced to use imperial.

• Distance signs and speed limits are exclusively in miles, yards and miles per hour, whilst feet and inches predominate in height and width restrictions.
• Advertised petrol consumption is frequently given in miles per gallon
• Much of the non-specialist media give primarily imperial units (rarely with metric equivalents). Estate agents give floorspace in square feet and room and garden dimensions in feet and inches.
• Many market traders and some small shopkeepers display weights in pounds and ounces - sometimes (in defiance of the law) without their metric equivalent.
• Many supermarkets advertise exclusively in imperial even though goods must be priced and weighed in metric at the checkout
• Holiday brochures often give summer temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit
• Descriptions of criminals wanted by the police are given by the media exclusively in imperial units.

Despite working in metric units, medical professionals feel obliged to convert to imperial when communicating with patients.

Answer 2

The French decimal metric system is taught in British schools. Nonetheless, all signs on roads and walkways must be in the Imperial metric system (miles, yards, feet, inches); height signs may also include metres. All beer, cider and milk is legally required to be sold in pints. Fruit, vegetables and meat are generally quoted in pounds and ounces, often with kilo quotes as well. Also, weights for packaged goods are frequently given as gramme equivalents for what is really an amount in pounds and ounces (eg package label gives 227gr of coffee, which in fact is 1/2 lb).

Answer 3

Any metric unit of area could be used. The one that makes the most sense,

because it produces the most convenient number, is the square kilometer.

The official number is 78,772 of them.

Answer 4

Yes. Iceland only uses the metric system and the imperial system is not widely known or accepted.

Answer 5

Increasingly, like the rest of the UK.