Advantages & Disadvantages Between Metric & English System

US dollar is the world's first decimal currency using metrics in the United States, government agencies, scientific institutions, and commercial institutions. But in daily life, despite the 2 liter soda bottle, the British system (also known as the US customary system) has not yet been challenged. The English system is humanitarian and applied to the scores and is deeply rooted in American culture and life. However, the measurement system is consistent, comprehensive, rational, and used on a global scale.

The measuring system uses a concentration of 10 for all measurements. The higher level unit is simply the lower level unit multiplied by 10. The units of the lower level are divided accordingly. For all metrics, the same prefix represents multiplication or division of the same factor. An example is kilogram. One kilometer is 1000 meters, one kilogram is 1000 grams. The other is milliliter. The milliliter is 0.001 liter per liter and the millivolt is 0.001 volts. Low to high conversion is quick and easy

The English system is based in part on multiples of 12, but there is no coherent logic. One pound is 16 ounces, but one foot is 12 inches, one gallon is eight pints, and one mile is 1,760 yards. Students need to learn the name of each unit separately

Most countries in the world use the metric system. The same is true for most international companies and international and domestic science communities including the United States. The transition to the full metric system in the US will make transferring goods, information and technology easier and easier. English system is used only in the United States. The ruins of the imperial system remain in the UK and its former colonies, but there is a confusing difference between the two.

When people complete work, English measures develop naturally. These countermeasures are of a human scale and can be easily used once mastered. One pint of beer is easier to order than 500 ml and half pound is easier to think than 250 grams. Many English system measures are applied to useful scores in everyday life. On the other hand, people in Europe are satisfied saying "half liter" and "quarter kilogram" instead of using technically correct 500 milliliters or 250 grams, but initially the metric method is impractical It may seem complicated.

For densely populated countries, economic scale costs as large as the US will be huge. Doing so can be confusing and confusing for many people, especially the elderly and low educated people. From the car speedometer and road signs to the calibration of thermometers, bottles, barrels and boxes, the economic and social costs of the weighing may be too high for the country.

Just passing through the trench, the UK measurement system may stay here. The US market is big enough to support its own packaging and manual production, and the opposition to the measure is still strong. Using two systems in parallel may last for a while

Magdalena Healey has a master's degree in psychology from the University of Gdansk. She is an English translator and interpreter who has taught social psychology, information technology and questionnaire design. Healy also wrote a lot of articles about the trip.

The metric system was first adopted in France in 1799. Most countries use this system to define weights and measurements. However, in the United States, weight and measured values ​​are defined using the measurement system (also called an empire unit) used in the United States. Since the metric method is decimal, it is easier to learn than the decimal method other than the United States. Using the metric system has several advantages over the US system, but the score of the US system is simple. Using metrics, you can convert units by changing the decimal point to the new position value. The unit of measurement increases / decreases by a multiple of 10. For example, moving the decimal point three digits to the left can convert one meter (equivalent to approximately 3 feet) to a larger meter kilometer. Because it is 1000 meters to 1 kilometer, 1 meter is equivalent to 0.001 kilometer.

In the last article, I mentioned several shortcomings of the metric system. I think this is worth extending in my post. The metric method is very useful and has advantages. This has already been discussed in this article. But I have not detailed with experts here, as there are other sites that did this, I think that it is not paying enough attention to its drawbacks! In the SI metric it is advisable not to use that unit as much as possible to make it simpler and easier to understand. For example, liters, tons and ha are not necessary and therefore are not part of the International System of Units (SI). This is because the possibility of confusion can be reduced by having too many units. By the way, l, ton, ha (and other units) are traditional units that can be used with the SI metric method.