What is the standard system of measurement?

Answer 1

the two system of measure being used today are the metric system and the british system. The metric system has been adopted by majority of the nations because it is easier to convert from one unit to another. Example of standard units of measure in the metric system are..

set A.

for length ...meter(m)....centimeter(cm)

for mass...kilogram(kg)....

Answer 2

A standard unit of measurement is the unit (size or quantity) that is agreed upon in that nation or trading partnership.

In science the standard units of measurement are called SI units. (An international standard). This is the metric system.

Answer 3

It is an antiquated system of measurement based which has long been replaced by the SI system or metric system. The US, Liberia and Burma are the only major countries still to cling on the the customary system, although other countries have held on to it in some respects (for example UK still uses miles).

The serious weakness in the customary system is that the measurement units are linked by a whole range of different factors. For example:

2 pints in a quart

3 feet in a yard

4 quarts in a gallon

6 feet in a fathom

8 furlongs in a mile

12 inches in a foot

14 pounds in a stone

16 ounces in a pound

20 fl ounces in a pint

The metric system, on the other hand, relies on multiples and factors of 10. Only one set of tables to learn and, after the one-times table, it must be the simplest!

There are also other issues such as the fact that the US gallon is not the same as the UK gallon. The ounce is both a measure of mass and of volume and mean different things in the two contexts. And even in the case of mass there is the Troy and the Avoirdupois ounces.

Answer 4

The world-wide standard is the SI ("International System"), sometimes known as the "metric system" (although "metric system" includes some older systems of units). The SI includes units such as the meter for length, and the kilogram for mass.

Answer 5

The metre is the international standard base unit of length, the kilogram the unit of mass, and the second the unit of time. There are so many quantities that can be measured, a listing of standard and derived basic units would be rather long.

Answer 6

Scroll down to related links and look at "Units of measurement - Wikipedia".

Answer 7

standard unit of measurements are the units of measurement which are used internationally.Ex-meter,gram,second,kelvin etc.

Answer 8

there is the melons of the great Ahmid, the tweenkie univereseal of dirt, and the octo-sausage system of egg plants

Answer 9

It is the measurement of some characteristic in terms of units that are standardised: that is, agreed by a large number of people.

Answer 10

The Metric System