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| English system and ________ |
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| Why we don't switch to metric system |
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| Too used to English system |
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| number of inches in a foot |
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| tip of nose to end of finger |
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| Why body - based measurements? |
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| Because you have it with you |
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| everybody had different sizes |
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| The problem did not matter until ... |
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| units are based on an unchanging object |
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| things were invented first and compared later |
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| another problem with rulers having sizes of themselves for their kingdom |
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| different rulers had different sizes |
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| after _ _ years, most countries switched to metric |
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| which country invented metric? |
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1.6 km = 1 mile
0.6 miles = 1 km |
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Kids have dropped dead converting metrics
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1. count units of change
2. move decimal in direction of pneumonic |
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| Move decimal point in direction of . . . |
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