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Try to do the following maths. Which is easier?
a) 1km - 200m + 3m - 25cm =
b) 1 mile – 10 yards + 2 feet + 1/2 inches =
If
you go to New York, you will see road signs with the distances
in miles not kilometres, weights in pounds not kilos, and volumes
in gallons not litres. This is known as the imperial system, and it is
used as a system of measurement in the USA. In the USA, it is called
the United States Customary System.
These days, most countries, including the UK since 2000, use the
metric system. It was first proposed by the French astronomer and
mathematician Gabriel Mouton in 1670. It is an international
decimalised system of
measurement, and a lot of
imperial metric
people believe it is much
distance 1 mile
1.6km
easier to use than the imperial
system. Do you agree?
weight 1 pound 0.45 kilos
volume 1 gallon 3.7 litres
If the distance between
length 1 yard 0,9m
Almaty and Astana is
1 foot
0,3m
1282km (by car), what is
the distance in miles?
1 inch
2,5cm
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