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Metric System
The metric system is an international basis of measurement based on a decimal system. It uses standard base units to name larger and smaller units.
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Is English system considered as a metric system?
The English system is a measurement system; in a sense it is a metric system but it is not the metric system, so I would avoid using that word to describe it.
Who invinted the metric system?
I'm not sure if it was the work of one individual. It arose in the early years of the Republic of France in the 18C, to impose some order on the nation's long-established but absurdly plethoric assortment of independent, regional, trade-based units of measure.
What is a large unit like a mile in the metric system?
militer
Kilometer (or kilometre), which is 1000 meters (metres) and equals 0.621 mile or 3280.8 feet.
How many decimeters in a square meter?
Doen't work.
Decimeter is a unit of length.
Square decimeter is a unit of area.
You can only compare and convert between the same kind of units.
Otherwise, you might as well ask how fast is a pound.
What is the metric system for measuring width?
Width is a length or distance. The unit of length is the meter.
Name the number that is the basis for the Metric System and SI System of Measurement?
10, and its negative and positive powers.
What is tha equivalent of metric system to English system?
There is no single equivalent. Each pair of measures has a different equivalence.
How do you calculate miles to feet?
There are 5,280 feet in one mile. So, use this formula to convert feet to miles: feet divided by 5,280 = miles
What SI unit would you use to measure the length of a baseball?
A centimetre would be an appropriate measure.
Why was there a need for the metric system to be created?
So people could measure things accurately on the same system as people around the world.
How many kilograms are 25.8 pounds?
It is equal to 11.7 kilograms approximately. Kilogram is the metric unit and pound is the imperial unit for mass. 1 Kilogram is 2.204 pounds. So we multiply pound by 0.4535 to get the equivalent kilograms.
25.8 pounds=11.7026831 kilograms.
What is 52 pounds converted by grams in the metric system?
23586.8g[rammes] (the proper French name - not 'grams').
In practice you would round that to 23587g and divide by 1000 to give 23.868kg, very likely round again to 23.9kg with a mass that large and depending on the precision needed.
1lb = 453.5924g
What is the metric system compared to us system?
Although USA is claiming following the SI units but it follows the British unit system. It is foot for length, pound for mass, and second for time.
