Dear All,
The writer at http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20100815/NEWS01/8150303
says that she has always been more a word person than a numbers
person.
She then goes on to say:
I hopped on the Internet, where I discovered our system actually has a
name. It's called the Imperial System, which sounds like something our
ancestors should have had a revolution against. The Internet didn't
offer any insight, however, as to why conversions between the two are
so darn difficult.
After reading a few more charts, I decided the Imperial System was to
blame. The Metric System seems pretty reasonable--one gram equals
1,000 kilograms, ditto on meters, ditto on liters. The Imperial System
is just plain ornery. 5,280 feet in a mile? 16 ounces in a pound? For
the love of Fahrenheit, these are not simple conversions.
No wonder math was miserable for me. I was learning the hard one.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see
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