The "English" system.
Inches, Feet, Yards, Miles, Ounces, Pounds, Tons, Fluid Ounces, Cups, Pints, Quarts, Gallons, degrees Fahrenheit and horsepower.
However, a lot of consumer products in the U.S. are in metric like medicine, liquor and carbonated drinks.
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Americans primarily use the imperial system of measurements, which includes units such as inches, feet, pounds, and gallons. This system is different from the metric system used by most other countries.
THE METRIC SYSTEM WONDERLAND or THE WONDERS OF THE METRIC SYSTEM
You use exactly the same instruments to measure speed in the metric system as you use in any other system. For example, a speedometer, or a distance measuring device and a stopwatch. The difference is that these devices are calibrated in metric units, instead of old-fashioned units.
A ruler or a metric tape measure is commonly used to measure length in the metric system. These instruments typically have units of centimeters or millimeters for more precise measurements.
The Metre.
A metric square measure is called a square meter (m²). It is the standard unit of area measurement in the metric system.