cm^3 dm^3. But we all know what happens when we start using cm in a
nation that is slow to respond to our system.
Pat Naughtin wrote:
On 2007 01 27 2:11 PM, "Bill Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
how about measuring the areas of floor tiles, are sheets
of writing paper? Is there an appropriate unit not as
huge as the square metres but not so tiny as the square
millimetre?
Dear Bill,
I recently confronted this issue when I was writing about saving paper
by setting the default margins in a word processor.
I wanted to compare the different working areas available with
different margin settings. I chose to use millimetres and square
millimetres even though this was not the most immediate and obvious
choice for the area of a piece of office paper. Other people might
have chosen centimetres and square centimetres for example.
As the work proceeded I became quite happy with my choice of units
because, even though the numbers were large, there were no fractions
so comparisons and calculations were relatively easy.
I have attached a copy of this two page article for your judgement as
to how the choice of square millimetres works for you. This is a pdf
file as I seem to recall that you had trouble previously with getting
a MS Word file from me.
I have also placed a version of this article on the Metrication
matters web site. You will find the article, '/Page borders --- inches
or millimetres/' at http://www.metricationmatters.com/articles It is a
two page article that explores the cost of your simple decision about
the size of the margins that you (and/or other people) choose for your
computer paper printout.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305, Belmont, 3216
Geelong, Australia
Phone 61 3 5241 2008
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