Is that in goes in factors of 10. 1,000m=1k. English is all screwed up. 5280=1 mile.
The English system is based on arbitrary numbers and measurements, such as 12, 36, and 5,280. The Metric system - every aspect of it - is based on even multiples of ten, both going upward, and going downward. Just ten. Nothing else.
Mainly that it is an international standard. Also, calculations are easier in the metric system, because of the multiples based on powers of 10.
Apart from a couple of less advanced countries and (including?!) the US, all countries use the metric system. Since it is based on multiples of tens, calculations are simpler. Also, there are simpler links between measures for different attributes, for example between mass and volume.
The us is the only country that uses the complicated system of cups and gallon, inches, and feet. Brazil, along with almost all the other countries on this planet use the metric system.
It is well-defined, consistent and more practical.
Is that in goes in factors of 10. 1,000m=1k. English is all screwed up. 5280=1 mile.
Distance is the length of a path over which an object travels; usually expressed in meters or kilometers in the metric system, and in feet or miles in the English System.
The English system is based on arbitrary numbers and measurements, such as 12, 36, and 5,280. The Metric system - every aspect of it - is based on even multiples of ten, both going upward, and going downward. Just ten. Nothing else.
Mainly that it is an international standard. Also, calculations are easier in the metric system, because of the multiples based on powers of 10.
None. Except perhaps that if you are accustomed to the English (or American) measurements, it may be a bit hard to get accustomed to other units.
Because the metric system bases all of its units of measurements on powers of ten, it is much easier to perform mathematical calculations with the metric system than with the English system, which uses a variety of seemingly random ratios of one unit to the next. A mile is equal to 5,280 feet. A yard is three feet, a foot is twelve inches. And so forth. It makes for needlessly complicated calculations.
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The metric system is used all over the world.
Yes The metric, or SI, system is used by scientists in every country.
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