This document discusses various traditional and metric units of measurement for length, distance, and volume. It provides conversions between units like inches, feet, yards, and miles for length and distance. It also lists common volume conversions such as teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, quarts, and gallons. Additionally, it introduces the metric system and provides the prefix definitions and conversions between metric units of length like millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers.

1. Why Metric?

7. Stone as measure of weight

8. How many inches in a mile?

9. Length 12 lines = 1 inch 12 inches = 1 foot 3 feet = 1 yard 1760 yards = 1 mile 36 inches = 1 yard 440 yards = quarter mile 880 yards = half mile

10. Distance 100 links = 1 chain 10 chains = 1 furlong 8 furlongs = 1 mile 4 inches = 1 hand 22 yards = 1 chain 5.5 yards = 1 rod, pole or perch 4 poles = 1 chain 40 poles = 1 furlong

21. Volume 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon 3 tablespoons = a jigger 2 tablespoons is 1 fluid ounce 8 fluid ounces = 1 cup 2 cups = 1 pint 2 pints = 1 quart 4 quarts = 1 gallon 55 gallons = 1 barrel of oil 63 gallons = 1 hogshead

22. Keys to “Why Metric?”

24. A pint’s a pound the world around…. Only in the U.S. as the British pint is really 20 ounces.

27. Length 10 millimeters = 1 centimeter 10 centimeters = 1 decimeter 10 decimeters = 1 meter 10 meters = 1 decameter 10 decameters = 1 heptameter 10 heptameters = 1 kilometer

28. 1 Meter 1000 millimeters 100 centimeters 10 decimeters 1 meter 0.1 decameters 0.01 heptameters 0.001 kilometer

29. Words Having Meaning (in Latin) Milli = one thousandth Centi = one-hundreth Deci = one-tenth Meter = Measure Deca = ten Hepto = one hundred Kilo = one thousand