Ron & friends:
>>The exact conversion factors can also be applied as needed:>To convert from
>>pound (avoirdupois, or US)(lb) to kilogram (kg), >multiply by 0.45359237 *.
>>>To convert from kilogram (kg) to pound (avoirdupois, or US)(lb), >multiply
>>by 2.20462262184878 *.While 'exact conversions' need above multiplication
>>factors for inter-converting; it shall be 'convinient learning' for mental
>>calculations to consider 5 Kg as 11 pounds for day-to-day world among
>>children & the lady at home. Likewise 10 metre is 11 yards; and the distance
>>between wickets on CRICKET pitch is 20m=22 yards. This should go a long way!
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(M)001(201)962-3708(when in US)> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:40528] usage of measures for body mass and
height> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:25:09 -0700> > > As the usage of customary or
pre-metric units for body mass and height > still appear to displace the usage
of metric units for these everyday > measures, I thought about gathering some
'food for thought'.> > \\ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --
- - - - - - - > - - - - - -> > - - - general info about metric measures for
body mass and height - - -> > > Metric units are practical and suitable for
everyday measures of body > mass (weight) and height.> > > MASS> > For those
who are used to measures of body mass in terms of pounds, > it's really not
difficult to use the kilogram as a measure.> > For practical reference it's
easy to remember that 1 liter of water > has a mass of 1 kilogram.> > It's also
easy to remember that 1 kg (kilogram) is equivalent to 1000 > g (gram), and
that 1 g is equivalent to 1000 mg (milligram).> > As nutrition information
labels in the United States are labeled with > g and mg units, consumers can
relate metric measures of nutrition > information to body mass more practicably
than with customary or pre- > metric units.> > A number of electronic mass
scales that are commercially available in > North America can also be
configured to display kilogram (in addition > to pound) units.> > > The exact
conversion factors can also be applied as needed:> > To convert from pound
(avoirdupois, or US)(lb) to kilogram (kg), > multiply by 0.45359237 *.> > To
convert from kilogram (kg) to pound (avoirdupois, or US)(lb), > multiply by
2.20462262184878 *.> > > Sources:> >
'http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB8.html'> > *"The exact conversion
factor is 4.535 923 7 E-01. All units in Sec. B. > 8 and Sec. B.9 that contain
the pound refer to the avoirdupois pound." >
'http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/footnotes.html#f23'> > > > HEIGHT> > For
practical reference, it's easy to remember that 1 m (meter) is > equivalent to
1000 mm (millimeter). As a result, one can practicably > express height in
terms of either meter or millimeter.> > A height of 5 ft 10 in (as expressed in
customary foot and inch units) > (or 5' 10'' as expressed in a shorthand
notation) can be easily > expressed with metric units:> > > 1.778 m ( or 1778
mm) can probably be rounded to 1.78 m for practical > everday use.> > > An
exact conversion factor can also be applied as needed:> > To convert from inch
(in) to millimeter (mm), multiply by 25.4 **.> > **
'http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB8.html'> > > It may also bear mention
that calculations involving height are > oftentimes less fussy with metric
units than they are with the > customary foot, inch, and inch-fractions. To
determine calculations > involving a height of 5 ft 10, one might first figure
the expression > in terms of inches (70), or to figure the expression in terms
of feet > (either 10 inches more than 5 feet, or as 2 inches less than 6 feet).
> Figuring 5 ft 10 in terms of decimal feet involves converting the 10 > inches
to 0.833_ foot.> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -
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