Measuring Up- Metric vs. English System
Measuring Up There are two common systems of measurement: English and Metric (AKA : Standard International) There are six categories of measurement:: Length, volume, weight, mass, time and temperature.
Length English: inch- length of your foot foot- height of a kindergarten student yard- length of football field mile- distance between cities
Length Metric System: millimeter- length of insect wing centimeter- length of a desk meter- length of swimming pool kilometer- distance between cities
Using a Ruler Inches vs. Centimeters: Inches are broken into sixteen parts We use fractions Centimeters are broken into ten parts We use decimals
Using a Ruler 23.5 cm 1 4/16 in = 1 ¼ in 21.7 cm
Volume English System: gallon- milk quart- ice cream pint- sour cream cup- sugar/flour ounce- can of pop
Volume Metric System: milliliter- medicine dose liter- pop
Weight English System (only): ton-ship pound-human ounce-fruit
Mass Metric System (only): milligram- medicine gram- food kilogram- human
Time English and Metric: second, minute, hour, day, month, year, decade, century. The Standard International unit of time is seconds.
Temperature English System: Fahrenheit 32ºF = Freezing Metric System: Celsius 0ºC = Freezing