Personally, I am an American that would prefer we move to the metric system. Consider this question, how much is one-fourth plus one-fifth? How about this question, how much is 25 cents plus 20 cents? Was the second question easier to answer? That's the power of the metric system. Help me with my goal - The United States to use the metric system by October 10, 2010. The date that day will be 10-10-10. Did you know that the metric system is already the official measurement system of the US? Why don't we use it? It's so much easier to work with a system of 10, rather than a system of 8, 12, 36, halves, fourths and other strange numbers.
How many inches in a foot? 12. How many feet in a yard? 3.
Now, how many centimeters in a decimeter? 10 How many decimeters in a meter? 10!
Why not use a system that all the rest of the world uses, and is Soooo much easier to use?
2006-06-14
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