How many 16ths of an inch are in a mile? How many fluid ounces in a cubic inch? What is the conversion factor between degrees celsius and degrees Fahrenheit? These are some of the terrible questions that plague only the minds of people in three countries in the world: the United States of America, Myanmar, and Liberia. All 193 of the other countries in the world use the metric system. The United States of America should convert to the metric system because of the following reasons: it is the global and scientific standard, it is much easier to use, not using it causes US consumers and businesses to lose money, and our lack of familiarity with it is part of the reason why our students lag so far behind much of the rest of the world in STEM …show more content…
One example of this occurred in 1999 when the NASA spacecraft Orbiter burned up in the Martian atmosphere due to a conversion error. This was caused because one of the Lockheed Martin engineers tried to use the US customary (imperial) system while all the other engineers used the metric system (SI) This eventually caused the $125,000,000 orbiter to miss its proper orbit and burn up in the atmosphere of mars (NASA). Although losses due to conversion errors on this magnitude are rather uncommon, there are still other ways in which not using the metric system that can cause US consumers and business to lose money, When selling a product, the seller needs to have sufficient demand for their product in order to justify the cost of production. One way to increase the profit is to start mass producing the product. This is because mass producing can significantly reduce the cost per item to produce a product. However when there is insufficient demand for a product to mass produce the profit margin will substantially decrease, and the price of the item for consumers will need to be increased to maintain the cost of operations for the company making the product. This means that because the US uses a different measurement system than the rest of the world and has different sizes of products, that any business that makes things for our country has fewer potential buyers and a higher cost to make each item. This means that if that business converted to the metric system that they could potentially increase their sales by a factor of 31. Along with increasing business profits, changing to the metric system would lead to cheaper prices for all consumers because businesses would not need to have both metric and special US customary equipment —thus, lowering the operating costs of the
Questions will be out of order. How does measurements of SI help with business and commerce? Companies need the exact amount and ingredients of what to put in their product. Such as a can of soda. A can of soda normally contains 12 fluid ounces. 12 fluid ounces is approximately 354 grams. These companies are using some sort of measurement system. We use something called "imperial system" where as most countries use metric system. Governments don't want confusion to be amongst them, so they only adopt on system of measurement. Why do scientists only prefer one system of measurement? I think this is simply due to them not wanting to convert all their units into a whole other dimension. Besides the fact that people are lazy. One interesting feature
Unit conversions are important because, the U.S. does not use the metric system. It is important to understand how to convert to the metric system for science, like exercise physiology. For instance, we measure weight in pounds, but in hospitals they convert pounds to kilograms. Medicine dosages are measured using the metric system, so you have to convert the weight to metric weight.
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The United States has to reconfigure the measurement of goods due to not using the metric system.
An interesting fact is that only 3 countries don’t use the metric system. Another interesting fact is that at one point Canada did not use metric. The Metric system Is a system of measurement that is as said earlier is used in most countries.The Us is one of the few that doesn't use metric. The reason this is because most countries deemed it suitable, but the U.S still uses Imperial measurement. In short the United States should convert to the metric system because conversion from standard to metric is difficult, the metric system is more precise, and people already use metric in the US anyway.
In 1866, Congress allowed the use of the metric system in the United States. Congress gave each state a set of standard metric weights and measures. In 1875, the United States along with 16 other nations signed the Treaty of the Meter. It strengthened their commitment to the international metric system. In 1893, metric standards were the standards for length and were in the United States. Congress passed the Metric Conversion act of 1975 to plan the increasing use of the metric system and calling for voluntary conversion. There was a 10-year deadline but was not included in the final version passed by Congress. Congress passed the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 which made the metric system the preferred system of weights and
It is often misinterpreted how one crucial unit can result in what could have been a catastrophic event. For example, on December 5 in the year of 2003, Tokyo Disneyland’s Space Mountain roller coaster stopped abruptly before the end of the ride all because of a single measurement error. Before the ride has finished, one of the axles broke due to the inaccurate measurement of its design requirement. According to Case Studies: Metric/English Conversion Errors, “the gap between the bearing and the axle was over 1 mm – when it should have been a mere 0.2 mm”. Before 1995 Tokyo was still using English units for measurement but, they changed to metric units afterwards. Therefore, “44.14 mm axles”
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First off, nearly all of the countries in the world use the metric system (“The Metric System Units, Definitions, and History”). The United States, Liberia, and Myanmar (Burma) are the only three countries who do not use metric as their official system (Rigsby). Switching to the metric system would benefit trade and business with other countries. American companies that ship globally would only need to manufacture one kind of product since everyone would be using the same specifications. There wouldn’t be a need to make goods in customary and metric units (“The United States and the Metric System”). Miscommunication would also be reduced with other
There is an ongoing debate about whether America should switch to the metric system or remain with the standard system. Both sides have very convincing arguments and are usually very unwilling to change their view on the matter. I belong to side the of the argument that believes that we should switch over to the metric system.
The metric system is used across the world, all except for the United States of America and two other countries. The United States of America currently uses the Imperial system instead of the metric system despite the rest of the world using it. Why would The United States of America not use the metric system even though there are so many benefits to it? Switching to metric can mean more business opportunities for America from other countries. The metric system can be the link for fashion designers to have more opportunities in other countries, or scientists as well. Because of the loss of jobs due to not using the metric system in America, the country won’t advance. The biggest argument against changing is the people, a strong source that
countries of the world. National standards in math, science, and history have all been published, and have influenced many different states, and their schools, to change and somewhat conform curriculum. These standards are designed to promote the improvement of school standards, make school districts more equal, and make it easier to see where we are as a country in regards to education of young people. Some, however, feel that these national standards, though voluntary, may bring schools which are already thriving down to the minimum level suggested. They also fear that these standards will allow local governments to become lazy in funding and in concern for the schools. Regardless
The educational system in the United States was originally developed using concepts from around the world, created using ingenuitive ideas from countries such as China, Japan, and Korea. However, as the United States quickly moved into position as the leading country for state-directed educational standards, America looked less and less to the systems of other nations and more into how we could improve what was locally and currently being applied in education. Consequently, an improved type of education instruction was officially launched in 2010. These new state standards, practically titled Common Core, were declared to focus on developing a child’s skills in reasoning, problem solving, communication, and competition (Conrad, et al. 52). While the standards are professed to be an extremely practical and beneficial method of teaching today, there are issues which have recently surfaced and raised some concerns. The Common Core State Standards are emerging as the subjects of a provocative controversy in society today as they prompt discussion on global economic efficiency, nationwide academic standards, and the ultimate well-being of school-age children.
“Without Common Core we (America) are not where we want or need to be.” The New York Times reported this in August, 2013. Currently, every state sets its own curriculum for its schools. The result is that the United States ranks “25th in math, 17th in science, and 14th in reading compared to students in 27 industrialized countries.” Without national standards, students depend upon the luck of where they were born or schooled to get a comprehensive education that will prepare them for life. If the United States is