Proper units for measuring distance in the uS system?

Answer 1

In the Metric system, you use the meter (or kilometer, millimeter, etc.).

In other systems, you can use miles, feet, inches, or light-years. here they are:

milimeter

centimeter

meter

kilometer

inches

feet

yard

miles

Answer 2

The commonly used units are the inch, foot, yard, and mile.

The commonly used units are the inch, foot, yard, and mile.

The commonly used units are the inch, foot, yard, and mile.

The commonly used units are the inch, foot, yard, and mile.

Answer 3

In the metric system, meters and all derived units measure length. In the U.S. Standard system, inches, feet, yards, and miles are the units of length. The metric system is used widely in Europe and Asia.

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Europe, Asis and everywhere else apart from the USA, Burma, Liberia and some minor islands. Even in the USA, the scientific community uses metric units, or, when they don't, they cause catastrophic disasters (the fate of the Mars Climate Orbiter springs to mind!)

Answer 4

All lengths are measured in metres. Short lengths are measured in fractions of a metre: thousandths, millimetre; millionths, mirometre; billionths, nanometre. Long distances are measured in multiples of metres: thousands, kilometre; millions, megametre; billions; gigametre. Outside of specialist circles longer lengths are normally referred to in kilometres, thousands of kilometre, millions of kilometre, etc.

Answer 5

microns, millimetres, metres, kilometres, inches, feet, yards, miles, lightyears, parsecs, and many many more.

Answer 6

You can measure distance in many ways in the US. Such as in inches, feet, yards, miles just to name a few.

Answer 7

the answer is feet and yards that are the most common in the united states that there used trust me : >

also inches

Answer 8

The commonly used units are the inch, foot, yard, and mile.

Answer 9

Inch, foot, yard and mile

Answer 10

Foot, inches, miles