Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> > I must say, having spent another couple weeks in Europe, metric
> > measurements for food and drink no longer seem awkward to me. :-)
>
>   I'm sure you also can't deny that when having to perform operations
> (eg. additions etc.) with amounts it's much easier with the metric system,
> as almost everything can be done in multiples of 10.
>
>   I suppose with the imperial system you get used to perform those
> calculations on your head too, but it's much harder to learn and requires
> a lot more experience.
>

What else would you have children do? :p


>   "410 cm is 4.1 meters, ie. a bit over 4 meters."
>   "410 inches is... uh, how many feet?"
>


Just over half a chain or a twentieth of a furlong

>   "7500 meters is 7 and a half kilometers."
>   "7500 feet is... uh, how many miles?"
>

Just less than one and a half miles.


Actually when you learn your tables it becomes instinctive. We are also taught
shortcuts.

Twelve into 41 is three, remainder five and twelve into 50 is 4, remainder 2. It
took me longer to write it than work it out

That does not deny that the metric system is easier.

Stephen

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