METRIC vs THE ENGLISH SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT. What’s the difference? As I mentioned before, Americans and Britons like to use a different system of measurement.

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METRIC vs THE ENGLISH SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT

What’s the difference? As I mentioned before, Americans and Britons like to use a different system of measurement than the rest of the world For simplicity we will still only focus on length, mass, and volume

English Base Units For measuring length a yard is used and one yard = meters An inch is used for measuring the length of smaller objects and 1inch = 2.54 cm

English Base Units For measuring mass the pound is used and one pound = 0.45 kilograms

An ounce is used for measuring the mass of smaller objects and 1 ounce = grams. English Base Units

For measuring volume a gallon is used and 1 gallon = 3.78 liters

A fluid ounce (oz.) is used to measure the volume of smaller objects and 1 fluid ounce = 29.6 milliliters English Base Units

Confused? Hope I didn’t confuse you! Just want you to know the differences between the two systems of measurement most commonly used Lets try to have some fun converting between the two systems!