Why was the metric system established?

Answer 1

Because it is easier

The metric system was created to set a standard. The standard is how to get from one unit of the metric system to another unit by knowing how many of each unit is in another unit. The system was created to make things easier when it comes to measurements.

Answer 2

The metric system was established to create a standardized system of measurement that is easy to understand, consistent, and based on powers of ten. This makes it simpler for people around the world to communicate measurements accurately, facilitating trade, science, and daily life activities.

Answer 3

to simplify measurement. After all everything we do including the simple act of counting works that way. I am an Australian and moved here from a country that used decimal currency. Nice and simple, Every thing works in tens. When I got here i found that was a system that went like this. Penny's There were 12 Penny's in a shilling then there were 20 shillings in a pound. This led to a situation where you would get advertised prices that looked like this 5/13/9 1/2, which translated meant five pounds 13 shillings and nine and a half Penny's. this is a ridiculously complicated method of recording a calculation. So eventually we changed it. we made 1 pound into 2 dollars and the old 10 shilling note became equivalent to the new Australian dollar instead of breaking the dollar into 120 Penny's like in the old 10 shilling note we replaced the penny with 100 cents so all we had left now was cents and 100 of them make a dollar simple as that. you don't need any special formulas to count money this way it simply adds up the same as any sum on a base of 10, as opposed to a base of 12 changing to a base of 20 after it is repeated 20 times.

It took a little longer for us to wake up when it came to lengths but the same rule applies Worth in millimeters and count them like ordinary numbers. After that all you have to know is that there are 10 mm in Centimeter 10 decimeters/ 100 centimeters in a meter and so on every thing just works in lots of 10.

Answer 4

Science is an international activity. For scientists to be able to cooperate they had to be able to communicate, without risk of mistakes or confusion; they had to adopt a system of units and measurement that all would use.

They chose the metric system, and set up a consultative process so that all could agree on the same constants. ( e.g. the meter, the kilogram, the second and the ampere.)

This is called the "Systeme Internationale", always abbreviated to S.I.

Answer 5

The metric system is the most rational and well organized system of units; the standardization is important for all the world, we need to speak the same language in science.

Answer 6

we use the metric system because there would not be as much numbers and ways to add and subtract.

Answer 7

So that they could have a single unit for everything. It didn't really turn out like that...