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. Length12 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. Distance100 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. Volume3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon3 tablespoons = a jigger2 tablespoons is 1 fluid ounce8 fluid ounces = 1 cup2 cups = 1 pint2 pints = 1 quart4 quarts = 1 gallon55 gallons = 1 barrel of oil63 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. Length10 millimeters = 1 centimeter10 centimeters = 1 decimeter10 decimeters = 1 meter10 meters = 1 decameter10 decameters = 1 heptameter10 heptameters = 1 kilometer

28. 1 Meter1000 millimeters 100 centimeters10 decimeters1 meter0.1 decameters0.01 heptameters 0.001 kilometer

29. Words Having Meaning (in Latin)Milli = one thousandthCenti = one-hundrethDeci = one-tenthMeter = MeasureDeca = tenHepto = one hundredKilo = one thousand