Differentiate English measurement and metric system?

Answer 1

The metric system is easy to learn and remember as it is based on a count of 10 100 and 1000's etc. (10 mm's. in a centimetre, 1000 centimetre in a meter etc.) Compared to the metric system I can't think of any good points with the English system of measurement.

Answer 2

The English system was the system used by England up to 1824. These particular measurements came from old Anglo-Saxon and Roman unit systems, and are in general a little haphazard in conversion distribution. The Metric system, on the other hand, is much more easily converted into larger or smaller units through the use of standard prefixes.

Answer 3

The merits of the Decimal Metric system is international uniformity, a meter is the same size in every country. The English system inherited from the Ancient Egyptians is based on the foot and is a binary system. The binary system is conceptually easier to comprehend and calculate with than a decimal system. The English System is not standardized.

Answer 4

Metric system was created for the purpose to be easy to use and base on 10. The English system was the traditional system when people had nothing but their hands and feet so that used that to measured things. This is why metric is global (except 3 countries) now because it's easy. It's also best if everybody uses the same measuring systems since we have a world economy now. It's easier to sell things to other people if they measure thing the same way as you do.

Answer 5

The British the English use is metric. Americans use imperial, which is inches, feet, and miles. The British used to use Imperial, but changed to Metric because it is easier because it is based on numbers like 10, 100 and 1000.

Additional Comments

The British (not 'English', please!) use the SI system in science and engineering, and in commerce, and have done so since its introduction. Before that, they used both the 'cgsA' (centimetre, gram, second, ampere) and the 'mksA' (metre, kilogram, second, ampere) versions of the metric system alongside the Imperial system of units. In those days, schools and colleges taught the conversions between the units used in the two metric systems and the corresponding Imperial units but, these days, it is considered unnecessary (e.g. who cares what the Fahrenheit equivalent of Celsius is?!). Although SI is used in most areas, it is worth noting that traffic signs and speed limits are still displayed in Imperial units by law.

It's also worth pointing out that the American use of the term, 'English System', is somewhat of a misnomer, and the term 'US Customary' would be better. This is because there are a number of differences between the old British 'Imperial System' and what Americans generally refer to as the 'English System'. For example, the US gallon and the US ton are different from the Imperial gallon and the Imperial ton. Some US units are practically unheard of in the UK (e.g. 'circular mils'!). There are differences, too, in the US and Imperial units used to measure 'weight' and 'mass'.

Answer 6

There is little advantage of the metric system except that it is based on the decimal counting system - the way we now count our money.

The real physical world is binary, base 2 and not base 10. When you buy a Pizza or a cake do you cut it into 5 or 10? No. We cut it into 4, 8, 16. When you pack things, 3x4=12 is the best NOT 5x2=10.

Shallow people think we have 10 fingers. NO!. We have 2 thumbs and 8 fingers.

Say we have one lb of someting. We divide into exactly 16 parts. Each is 1/16 of a LB = 1oz. In metric, 1/16kg= 0.625kg. Depending on decimal places metric system is NEVER precise and need rounding so is NOT PERFECT.

In the english system 1/2", 1/4",1/8", 1/16", 1/32' are perfect measures.

Deut 25:15. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have.

Thus the metric system unlike the english system violates God's law - it is a sinful system.

People say only USA has not gone metric. But USA adoped metric in 1866. Only difference is USA values freedom and will not force people to use "metric exclusively" unlike some evil countries.

Just understand that the whole metric world have never sent anyone to the moon and back - so never criticise USA.

Answer 7

The metric system is based on measurement in 10's - 10 mm = 1 cm; 100cms=1 meter, etc.

Imperial measures are based on an ancient system - ie: the inch is the length of the end of the King's thumb; one foot is the length of the King's foot, one yard, the length of his arm, etc (The trouble with that is that even Kings had the habit of dying and being replaced)

Answer 8

English system evolved from non-standard measure.

Metric system is a decimal system

Answer 9

The metric system is used by all scienist. The elglish system is used only in 3 countries