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Respond to this post: What are 3 benefits of moving to the metric system? What are 3 problems? What do you think we should do? Explain why.
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ReplyDeleteA pro to using the metric system is that it is easy to learn. The metric system uses powers of ten to go up and go down. To go up you must divide by 10 or use multiples of 10, to go down you must multiply by 10 or by multiples of 10. This is why using the metric system is simple.
A con is that words like kilometer, kilogram, millimeter, centimeter, ect. are too long. some English speaking countries that use the metric system have abbreviated these words to one syllable words. For example kilometer has become km, and kilogram has become kilo.
Another con to the metric system is that most people don't know how to use it. So the us government would have to change all the schools textbooks etc. and they would have to make a whole NEW curriculum, that would suck!
Another con to the metric system is that the metric system is different then the decimal system what we already learn would make is confusing to learn. Conversely is could also be a pro to learn metrics because we know how to use the decimal system which is based on 10.
Another pro to the metric system is the all the scientists use it all over the world for doing their experiments etc.
PRO: The Metric System is very simple to use and way easier to understand. The reason for this is because the Metric System is based on powers of tens, where the customary system, which is the system we use, is not. So measuring things like state distances, or even country distances would be effortless if the Metric system was used.
ReplyDeleteCON: A con of the Customary System is that different sized units often have no relation to each other. For example: 12 inches=1 Ft, 3Ft=1 Yd, 1760 yds= 5280 ft, and 5280 ft= 1 mile. Now these measurements have a small relation, but compared to the Metric System, they are very confusing.
PRO: A Pro of the Metric System is that is it used by cover half of the world. So the USA converting to the Metric System could come in handy if we ever wanted to interact with other countries for measurements or trades and amounts. If one country uses metric, and the other uses Customary, those poor people will have no idea what they're doing!
CON: A con to the Metric system is that the rest of the world uses it, so when we interact with other countries or try to measure things with them, they will have line measurement and we will have a completely different measurement, just because they're system is based on tens, and ours is based on twelves.
PRO: If, for instance, there was a problem where people in the United States of America had to evacuate the country, and go to another country where the metric system was used, they would have trouble trying to bake, tell the temperature, and measuring. In the article about Zach, he decided to make a metric cake, and HE understood the temperatures, but when his PARENTS tried to bake something, the thought the over was broken.
CON: If we ever DID decide to covert to the metric system, there would be a lot of confusion. As said above, we would have to change our curriculum and that WOULD be awful. We would also have to change our cookbooks, oven temperatures, refrigerator temperatures and anything else with a temperature that has to do with customary system.
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The metric system has long been regarded as the best system of measurement by most of the modern world. The reason for this is that the metric system is the best system of measurement. With the exception of the U.S., most modern societies have already adapted it. The three main reasons that the metric system is clearly best are as follows: it is a system based on tens and, once learned, is easier to use because it makes sense; it is a precise system already used exclusively in science; one universal system of measurement would make sense in this collaborative world. Even though the metric system has been clearly viewed as the best system for decades, there has always been resistance to switching the U.S. to metric. Americans are stubborn that way. We seem to be attached to our familiar, traditional pounds and miles. It would be difficult to switch because it would require adapting and learning. Kilometers and kilos would be familiar too if that is what you grew up with. Some generation is going to have to be the one to adapt and learn. Since the metric system is clearly the best measurement system I hope that my generation will be the one to adopt it.
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The metric system has a very efficient and very simple way to convert from one unit of measure to another. (i.e. 17 centimeters is equal to 0.17 meters) Since the metric system is based on multiples and fractions of 10, it makes it easy to switch what unit you want to use. If you know that the distance between you and the fridge is 2 meters, but you want to know the distance in millimeters, you wont need a piece of paper and a pen to figure it out.
The metric system is very easy to learn,thanks to having multiples and fractions of 10. Although the switch from customary to metric may be hard to some, it is a fast switch because it is REALLY simple. All you need to know to learn the metric system is to be able to count by 10's! Of course you would also need to know the order of the units, but there are many tricks a person can use to help them learn the system fast.
As you probably know, not all the world is using the metric system, its using the customary system, so when we trade with that certain part of the world, we would have to convert to their system every time we traded. You might think its not a big deal but it takes quite a bit of time to do so, and we don't exactly have 30 hours in a day. Having the other half of the world switch to our system would make business more efficient.
Con: Every awesome idea has its own down sides. For example, having half of the world switch to the metric system would be a real hassle. We would have to have special programs and books to help them know everything they need to know, although its simple, there is still that knowledge that everyone has of their old system so they would always have the thought "Ok, 50 kilograms, that's the same as 111 pounds, so that would mean that 143 pounds would be 65 kilograms..." it would be too confusing for them. And what would we do to those that don't learn it? Would we throw them in jail? Its just not worth it.
Switching to the metric system would cost ALOT of money! people would have to throw out their old measuring cups, books, calculators, and so many other things. Certain companies would have to shut down or start new ways, we would have to start new companies... and people would need to buy new things to replace their customary things. If people did keep the customary cooking books, would they get in trouble?
America uses both the customary and the metric systems, and we don't have much trouble. imagine not using pounds as a weight, imagine not using gallons for milk, it would be pretty difficult to let that go. we would weigh ourselves on a scale and think, "How much is 56.699 kilograms? I weigh how much? is that a lot?" a person would then have to grab a pen and paper and figure it out. it would be too much confusion!!
I don't think that we should switch fully to the metric, it would be too much of a hassle and too much confusion and too expensive. We have never had too much of a problem with it. It never started a war, so why change it if we are fine with the way it is?
What are three benefits of moving to the metric system?
ReplyDelete1. It would standardize America with the rest of the world. Because of international travel and international business. For business to run faster and better everyone should be on the same page to make things go easier. Travel will also be difficult, to come from one country with one measurement system to the next on a different one. Its would be hard to buy groceries and other foods in different countries with different ways to measure weight. You would have to convert in your mind every time you bought produce.
2. It's a simpler and easier system. Our numbering system is made up of the numbers (1-10). Since the metric system uses the power of tens multiplying and dividing is simpler and easier to use for measurement then the traditional system.
3. For the sake of Companies and manufactures. When companies and manufactures use the metric system instead of the traditional system. They don't have to convert everything for international management, saving time and saving energy.
What are 3 problems?
1. There are tons of millions of people in America, so converting systems would take years. of time and reeducation.
2. It would take lots of money. To pay for street signs to be replaced and text books rewritten, food packaging and labeling, building boats and airplanes and a bunch of other things. It would cost American millions and millions of dollars to convert to the metric system.
3. We would also lose the convenience of being able to easliey calculate driving distances. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, it's easy to figure out how far and how long we will be driving at 60 miles an hour.
What do you think?
I think that we should not convert because it would take a long time and money to convert everyone in America, but also companies and manufactures know how to convert measurements, they have been doing it forever.
HWB
ReplyDelete3 pros:
1. It would make America more efficient with businesses' because everything is on the base 10 system.
2. Travel would be easier because if you are coming from a place that uses metric and coming to America which is using metric then it would be a lot easier then not knowing the Imperial system of measurement (feet, inches, and so on).
3. It will be easier to cook! because water boils at 100 Celsius. Because we are using the metric base 10 system!
3 Cons:
1. If some one is traveling from somewhere that doesn't use metric and they are coming here where we use metric then, they wouldn't know what to do.
2. It would cost a lot of money to redo everything, so that it is in metric, and manufactures would have to re-do everything so that it is in metric.
3. It would take along time for everyone to learn metric and use metric because some people are still learning it. Just like if we switch from metric to the Imperial system of measurement.
I think that we should not turn to metric because it will cost to much money and take to much time to learn. We would have to use too much money to redo ALL electronics and change it to metric. I think we should just stick to what we know.
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ReplyDeletePro 1. Because the metric system is a system of weights it is really easy to convert between units, like grams to kilograms or millimeters to meters.
Pro 2. You would have less errors because you would only be working with one measurement system.
Pro 3. The metric system is the worldwide standard of measurement systems and the measurements would be exactly the same and it would make us more efficient.
Con 1. It would be rather difficult to switch over to the metric system because it would take time and it would take a while to get use to it.
Con 2. It would also cost a lot of money to switch over to the metric system.
Con 3. The government would have to change almost any thing and even the curriculum.
I don't think we should change to the metric system because we would have to spend too much money and too much time in to it.
ALJ
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1. It would be easier to trade with countries that use the metric system because companies would no longer have to convert the measurements on their product from metric to customary.
2. It would be easier to cook and measure distances between places because we would no longer have to use confusing fractions when dealing with those things.
3. Because the metric system is based on tens, compared to the customary system that is not, it is easier to learn and is more efficient to use.
Cons:
1. Because America uses the customary system already, changing our system of measurement to metric would mean changing road signs, textbooks, the temperature in our ovens and fridges and many more things. Remanufacturing and distributing these things would take a lot of time and money.
2. It would take quite a while for everyone to learn metric and use it without thinking, which means even is the U.S. government officially changes our system of measurement, it would take years of education for everyone to get used to it.
3. If someone from the U.S. were to move to a country that does not use the metric system, it would be difficult for them to adapt from metric to customary again.
I personally think the U.S. should convert to the metric system because it is so much more efficient and easier to use. And besides, eventually we will switch to metric, so why not do it now?
VWY
ReplyDeleteThere are many reasons for us Americans to switch to the metric system. This measurement system is much simpler to convert into different units than our customary system. All you have to do is move the decimal up or down, depending on the unit, since the system is based on tens, unlike our customary system where it's based on different units depending on what's being measured. That's what makes the metric system simple compared to our version. It's so easy that it can be performed with quick mental math.
Most of the world uses the metric system and it would be another great benefit for us if we switched to it because it will become very difficult if all we know is our own customary version. Simple things like sharing information, trading, or asking for directions can become more complicated for the U.S and the rest of the world. Since there are not many foreign countries that use our system we are obligated to learn the metric system to function better with different parts of the world.
The names of the units in the metric system are also much easier to learn compared to the names we use in our units. For example, in America's customary system, pound, ounce, and ton are all apart of mass, but in the metric system, they use meter, millimeter, centimeter, etc. to explain distance, which is much easier to remember because of similarities in the names. For countries that don't know the customary system it can be more difficult to learn the units considering the names sound like they have no relation to each other.
Even though there are some good reasons to convert to the metric system with the rest of the world, there could also be some negatives. The cost alone would be a huge burden. In the U.S almost all measurement employs the customary system, from liquid (cups to gallons) to weight (ounces, pounds, and tons). All publications, including textbooks would have to be replaced. Measuring cups and textbooks, it's going to cost money to replace it. Businesses would also have to change. Architectural blueprints would have to be adjusted and American customary tools and all machinery would become obsolete.
Reeducation would also be a major obstacle. Everyone, in America, learned distance in inches and feet at a young age and our customary measurements have been part of our culture for hundreds of years. They are so used to doing it that way, so when people have to master metric instead of the other it can be very hard since the customary way is "glued" to the back of their heads. Teaching the population would not only be expensive, but difficult because our customary system is entrenched.
Changing how we read things would also be difficult. Labels and scales would be very different and, for most people, converting the units can be difficult. (My dad always tends to speed in Canada because their speed limit signs say 110 kilometers instead of our MPH).
I wouldn't recommend switching to the metric system simply because it would be very confusing and it would cost too much money to replace everything that is customary. But, if we had to, I would say a slow change to metric would allow people to adapt much easier.
WWY
ReplyDeleteThree benefits for moving to the metric system:
The math in the metric system is a lot simpler then U.S. measurement, because it is based off of multiples of 10. For example, when considering temperature the boiling point in the metric system is 100 and our U.S customary is 212. Freezing, on the other hand, is 32 in the U.S., where as simply 0 in the metric system.
It is also very easy to remember because the wording is simple (mm, gm, km) though ounce, ton and pound all mean mess.
Almost the entire world is now using the metric system and the U.S. has not yet charged into it. If someone from the U.S went somewhere around the world and knew nothing about the metric system, it would be very confusing (speed limit signs, canned food, temperature, etc.). If we all knew the metric system, it would be so much easier for us to travel throughout the world and for the world to come to us.
Three problems on moving to the metric system:
It would take years for everyone in the U.S to learn the metric system, because most of us are still learning it and some have forgotten it.
If we do change to the metric system, a lot of money would be lost simply from having to change signs, text books, and manufacturing techniques converted into metric.
Then for someone who has lived with the U.S system for most of their live, he/she would get very confused because the government is telling them that they have to stop using a measurement system that they learned at age five and start a new at age fifty.
I think that we should change into the metric system, because the whole world is doing it and the U.S is kind of in the dark. So why not change and make the world a little bit closer.
3 reasons why America should go metric.
ReplyDelete1. The metric system is simpilar, so that we can change units faster and do less math.
2. It will be simpilar to say meter and liter. Than, ounce, foot, yard.
3. Talking to other countries will be easier if we talk about certain amounts.
3 reasons why America shouldn't go metric.
1. It would take years for us to learn it and It would confuse those who used the US system their whole lives.
2. We would need to re-write books which would make us speed millions of dollars.
3. Cooking would be harder to do, because in most countries it's used to measure cooking stuff.
AC
DeletePro: The Metric system is much simpler than the English Imperial System
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Length: inch, foot, yard, mile, fathom, rod, furlong, league, mil, pole, perch, hand, link, chain
Area: square inch, square foot, square yard, acre, square mile, township, square fathom, square rod, square furlong, square league, square mil, square pole, square perch, square hand, square link, square chain
Volume: gallon, liquid quart, dry quart, liquid pint, dry pint, fluid ounce, teaspoon, tablespoon, minim, fluid dram, gill, peck, bushel, cubic inch, cubic foot, cubic yard, cubic fathom, cubic rod, cubic furlong, cubic mile, cubic league, cubic mil, cubic pole, cubic perch, cubic hand, cubic link, cubic chain
Mass: pound, apoth. pound, ounce, apoth. ounce, dram, apoth. dram, grain, spoth. scruple, pennyweight, short hundredweight, long hundredweight, short ton, long ton
Force: pound, ton
Pressure: pounds per square inch, pounds per square foot, pounds per square yard, pounds per acre, pounds per square mile, pounds per township, pounds per square fathom, pounds per square rod, pounds per square furlong, pounds per square league, pounds per square mil, pounds per square pole, pounds per square perch, pounds per square hand, pounds per square link, pounds per square chain, tons per square inch, tons per square foot, tons per square yard, tons per acre, tons per square mile, tons per township, tons per square fathom, tons per square rod, tons per square furlong, tons per square league, tons per square mil, tons per square pole, tons per square perch, tons per square hand, tons per square link, tons per square chain
Power: horsepower, inch-pound per second, foot-pound per second, yard-pound per second, mile-pound per second, fathom-pound per second, rod-pound per second, furlong-pound per second, league-pound per second, mil-pound per second, pole-pound per second, perch-pound per second, hand-pound per second, link-pound per second, chain-pound per second, inch-ton per second, foot-ton per second, yard-ton per second, mile-ton per second, fathom-ton per second, rod-ton per second, furlong-ton per second, league-ton per second, mil-ton per second, pole-ton per second, perch-ton per second, hand-ton per second, link-ton per second, chain-ton per second
Temperature: degrees Fahrenheit
To measure the same range of the same quantities in the metric system, only the following units can occur:
Length: meter
Area: square meter (are)
Volume: cubic meter (liter)
Mass: gram (metric ton)
Force: newton
Pressure: pascal
Power: watt
Temperature: kelvin (degrees Celsius)
Con: The main issue with converting to metric would be the amount of money it would cost. Car's speedometers, speed limit signs, exit signs; all are in Customary measurement. It doesn't seem like it would take that much to replace signs, let's say $10 for one sign, insignificant. But imagine how much it would cost to replace every single sign in America!
Opinion: America is already deep in the hole when it comes to money. Also, most everyone is used to the metric system in the U.S. I'm not saying never, just not right now.
MJF
actually 1 speed limit sign ranges from 88-250 dollars MJF
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