Should the U.S consider switching to metric instead of american system for measurments?
2007-05-24 10:10:23 · 8 answers · asked by pisces02 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
No, that idea has been around since I was in grade school in 1950s. Its just not going to happen, we have an integrated system, that uses both. To many of us have no clue how far a Kilometer is but we have a good concept of a mile.
You know how tall 6' is but how about 2 meters? Not as easy to visualize. I am 5' 7" no problem, but what about 1.54 meters, again we cant visualize that.
2007-05-24 10:19:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as the American system. It is the United States Customary System, which is based upon the old English system of measurements. Also, Americans do use the metric system but only on nutrition facts and measuring the quantities of different chemicals. And, Americans already switched the metric system once by replacing miles to kilometers on road signs. That plan failed. So, now Americans use the customary system again. The English doesn't use the English system. They use the metric system. :) The U. S. should use the metric system because it will be parallel with the kind of measurement that the world uses.
2007-05-24 17:16:43 · answer #2 · answered by Watermelon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We were supposed to do that back in the '70s but everyone apparently decided it would be too hard because the push for it fizzled out.
It would make sense to use the same measurement system as most other advanced countries and to use a simpler one, at that, but apparently the switch over sounds like a big headache to folks.
2007-05-24 17:20:04 · answer #3 · answered by Behaviorist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From an efficiency and logical point of few, yes. But it is very difficult to get a society to change from a system it has been using for an extended period of time, because people inherently resist change.
2007-05-24 18:08:36 · answer #4 · answered by Matt D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we should switch to the metric system, since it goes by 10 it makes it easier
2007-05-24 17:16:27 · answer #5 · answered by rubydragon 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it makes conversions much easier because everything is based on the #10 or multiples and fractions thereof.
2007-05-24 17:17:56 · answer #6 · answered by alee522 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes because the other one is used worldwide and that contribute with international trade sometimes.
So yes
2007-05-24 17:14:31 · answer #7 · answered by ultimate 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No point in asking such questions because they won't.
2007-05-24 18:11:43 · answer #8 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋