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America has had a funny relationship with the metric system; we’ve gone about halfway. We buy Coke in 12-ounce cans, but in 2-liter bottles.
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The system itself uses ten-day weeks, ten-hour days, and 100-minute hours which makes it more in line with the base-10 system common to the rest of the metric system.
Metric was officially declared America’s preferred system of measurement in 1975, but the U.S. public has been slow to embrace it. Photograph by Roger Kisby, Redux ByErin Blakemore June 18, 2024 ...
Financially, I’d rather stick with the metric system. Changing it would be a waste of time and money,” he said.
Disdain for the metric system is a peculiarly US American thing, alongside American football, chain restaurants, hot dog eating contests, more guns than people, and a car for every driver. My message ...
Walter Block argues that “ Canadians Hate the Metric System ” imposed on them in 1975 (op-ed, Sept. 16). In the same year, reacting to the Metric Conversion Act, Americans resisted metrics.
From Robert Checchio, Dunellen, New Jersey, US Regarding Chris Stokel-Walker’s review of Beyond Measure, opposition to the metric system hasn’t been limited to the UK (18 June, p 34).
Ronna, quetta, ronto and quecto are newest prefixes in the recently expanded metric system, or the International System of Units.
A rainbow-colored path marked with metric units helps students gauge the length of things using the metric system. (Courtesy photo) “We want our students to be bilingual in measurement,” she said.