To simplify the system. The decimal or metric system makes the task of measuring weight, volume, length,or money calculation so much easier.
No, pounds is the Imperial system of measurment.Kilograms is the metric system.
Both imperial and metric is currently used in the UK. The metric system is exclusively taught in UK schools. So, eventually, as children become adults, the metric system will become the norm. Resistance to using the metric system is usually from adults who were taught the imperial system when they were schoolchildren.
The Imperial system
There is no pt in the metric system. In the Imperial system, it stands for pint.
Metric or Imperial
two units of measurements are MKS and CGS systems
I was taught the imperial system whilst a schoolboy in the UK, many years ago. So I prefer imperial rather than metric. But, as metric is becoming the norm, I have become familiar with both systems.
Yes, the metric system is the most used system. Only a few countries out of many still use the Imperial system. Even in the USA, where the Imperial system is still in use, the scientific disciplines use the metric system because it is universal.
imperial system * * * * * The Metric and Imperial systems are alternative systems! The metric system is properly known as the International System of Units, abbreviated, from its French name: Système international d'unités to SI units.
Imperial and metric
Stones are units of weight in the Imperial Weights & Measures System.
the metric system