I need a good website where I can learn how to convert metric/imperial measurements.Can you suggest one?

Answer 1

The best one:

www.simetric.co.uk

You can type in your own numbers or there is a table there for the more common conversions.

Answer 2

A fairly good program for cheating/checking your conversions can be got from

http://joshmadison.com/software/convert/

I find it most difficult to remember the constants required for the conversion. If you understand algebra I'll explain how most conversions work. (Temperature is a little awkward so I'll ignore it for now)

y.= x [X] * a ([Y] / [X])

[Y] represents the type of unit you want to get to
y is its value.
[X] is the type you are converting from
x is how much of it there is

"a [Y]/[X]" is a constant which expresses the ratio between the sizes of the two measurements. you can read it "a [Y] per [X]"

to convert 10 meters to feet you write.

y = x *a
let x = 10 [m]
let a = 3.28083 [ft]/[m]
y = 10 [m] * 3.28083 [ft]/[m]

some of units can be cancelled out and you'll be left with

y= 10 *3.28083 [ft]
y = 32.8083 [ft]

(This notation is the one used in engineering) Hope it gives you the idea of how its done.

Answer 3

Google and Yahoo will do the trick
Example, in the search window write

10 m in inches

and you will get the answer

10 meters = 393.700787 inches

Answer 4

http://www.ukmicentral.nhs.uk/resource/calcs/stone2kg.htm

Answer 5

http://convert.french-property.co.uk/

awesome site

Answer 6

http://www.simetric.co.uk/

http://www.day-tripper.net/infoconversions.html

Answer 7

what the hell is metric...?

Answer 8

sure i can.