Back in the Fred Flintstone era (that is, when us Baby Boomers were
discovering Fred and Co.), we had dual-scaled rulers, too, but nobody
bothered to explain that "other" scale which had "MM" marked beside it.
It was like a dirty secret.
Wish they were asking for their students "to get 30 cm rulers"!
"Stephen C. Gallagher" wrote:
>
> My nephew, age 7, will be starting 2nd grade in the suburbs of
> Chicago. On his list of necessary school supplies was
> the following item:
>
> 12 inch ruler (Ruler MUST also have metric markings.)
>
> Looks like they're trying to introduce it early.
>
> Stephen Gallagher
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