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The US is one of the 3 remaining countries that still use Imperial (old British) units to measure distance. They therefore uses feet, inches and miles. The rest of the world uses the international standard decimal units relating to the Metre.

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What unit is used for measuring distance?

There are MANY units used to measure distances both in Metric and in English types. We use Feet and Yards to measure distances in the US. The academic field often uses metric units like meters and kilometers to measure distances. For larger or massive distances there are the units of miles (English) and Kilomiters (Metric) and then in space we have the Astonomical Unit (Distance from earth to Sun) and the Light Year for the biggest distances. And there are the smaller measures of inches and millimeters.


The best unit to measure the distance between your house and your school?

Meters, or kilometers, depending on the distance. yards, or miles, depending on the distance.


What unit of metric would you use to measure the distance from home to school?

Metres or kilometres in metric; yards or miles in Imperial


Why does the US use customary units to measure?

because they want to use it so easy why do you go to another website in this website you can see your question ok so easy ask me a GOOD question and i answer you GOOD too☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○


Which is the best unit for measuring the length of a bedroom inchesyardsfeet or a mile?

First of all, you would only use these units if you lived in a place which used obsolete units - the US. Then, the answer depends on why you wish to measure it. If for estimating the cost of carpeting, using feet would be appropriate but if you were the carpet fitter, you may wish to use inches.

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What would you use to measure distance?

Meters (europe) or Yards (US)


What unit of measurement would you use to measure the distance across the US?

miles or kilometers


Why does the US use customary units to measure and in other countries they use centimeters?

The US has their own way of measuring things, I guess, and there really isn't an explanation for it.


What unit is used for measuring distance?

There are MANY units used to measure distances both in Metric and in English types. We use Feet and Yards to measure distances in the US. The academic field often uses metric units like meters and kilometers to measure distances. For larger or massive distances there are the units of miles (English) and Kilomiters (Metric) and then in space we have the Astonomical Unit (Distance from earth to Sun) and the Light Year for the biggest distances. And there are the smaller measures of inches and millimeters.


Why is units are important?

It enables us to measure things.


What would you use to measure the distance from US to Istanbul turkey?

To measure the distance from the US to Istanbul, Turkey, you can use a variety of tools such as Google Maps, which provides an online distance calculator based on the selected starting point in the US. Alternatively, you can use flight distance calculators that estimate the distance based on the coordinates of both locations. For a more precise measurement, you could also refer to geographical information systems (GIS) software or tools that utilize the Haversine formula to account for the Earth's curvature.


What units does the us use to measure solids liquids and gas?

This variation is typically small for solids and liquids but much greater for gases.


What is a light year and why do we use it?

A light year is the distance that light travels in a year. We use it because it allows us to measure huge distances.


Microgram is use to measure what in themetric system?

The answer here us weight. The gram is the International system of units (SI) designated unit for weight.


The best unit to measure the distance between your house and your school?

Meters, or kilometers, depending on the distance. yards, or miles, depending on the distance.


How do you convert minutes into miles?

You can't. 'Minutes' are used to measure time or 60ths of a degree, but 'miles' are used to measure length or distance. The two units are used to measure completely different quantities, they have different physical units, and neither one can be converted into the other one. If they could, then you'd be able to tell us how many miles old you are.


You wish to use a scale that uses the US system of units to measure the weight of a grand piano what is most likely to be the weight shown on the scale?

800 pounds

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