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Who is the president who issued PD 187ordering the use of metric system in the Philippine?

President Ferdinand Marcos :)


History of metric system in Philippines?

the answer is NOTHING


When did the metric system of measurement use in the Philippines?

1945


When did the Philippines adopted the use of metric system?

Short history on Philippine metrication: Pre-1858 Measurement systems in Philippines reflects diversity of regional inhabitants. ~1858 Spain adopts metric system and introduces the metric system to the Philippines. ~1865 Philippine monetary system shifts to decimal. ~1905 Philippines lightly shifts to English system introduced by USA. 8/29/1916 Philippines adopts metric system after Philippine Autonomy Act signed. 1916-1975 Various measurement systems employed with metric system being prominent. 1/1/1975 Date set for sole metric system use via Presidential Decree No. 187. 7/16/1975 Presidential Decree No. 748 amends PD No. 187 to extend metrication efforts. 1/1/1983 Philippines officially adopts the metric system via Batas Pambansa Bilang 8. 4/13/1992 Philippine use of metric system reinforced via Republic Act 7394.


What is a Metric ruler vs us RULER?

A metric ruler is a piece of wood or plastic, marked at millimetre intervals.The US ruler is called the president.


Can the US go on the metric system?

We could. but we'd need the president to "okay" it. we just like to be different.


What is the Philippine metrication?

Like most countries in the world, the Philippines uses the metric system, also called the SI (abbreviation of the French for International System)


What US president tried to start a system of measurement similar to the metric system?

A planned ten-year conversion to the metric system was announced in 1975, while Gerald R. Ford was President, but was not mandated. Americans were resistant to "going metric", and the plan was abandoned by the early 1980s.


What is the surface area of Philippines in kilometer?

First of all, you can't use 'kilometers' to measure surface area. If you're metric and you want surface area, you have to use 'square kiliometers'. They're different.The Philippines cover 316,294 of those.That's the same area as 122,121 square miles.


Why does the route to 172.17.0.0 have a metric of 1 and the route to 172.18.0.0 have a metric of 2?

They are the number of hops needed to get to the desired network. The way the network is set up, 172.17.0.0 is 1 hop away from the device that issued the DEBUG IP RIP command. and 172.18.0.0 is 2 hops.


How do I convert metric to metric?

metric to metric ?Multiply by 1.


What does a nickel weigh?

5.0 gm. Nickels were the first metric coins issued, during a much earlier attempt to drag the U.S. into compliance with the rest of the world's measuring systems.5.0 grams