Pros And Cons Of The Metric System
Why isn’t the metric system used more prominently in the United States?
Since I was a child, I can remember the disagreements among school boards in the early 1970’s about transition my school to the metric system. It was a voluntary transition and many school did not want to implement it. When I was n elementary school the opposition came from the parents believe it or not. They said they would not be able to help their children with homework, etc. Actually looking back on it, parents did not want to learn something new, so the hype faded over time and everyone kept using the standard system. It was not until I graduated from his school in 1988 when congress passed amendment to the metric conversion act when the financial commerce industry really starting embracing the metric system.
Overall the cost to cover everything to metric would be staggering. The psychological aspects of the American thinking and the …show more content…
The Metric system is used by over 95% of the population in the world and the system makes it virtually error free in preforming mathematical calculations and understanding the results. The system decimal system makes it extremely easy to perform conversions and tracing children the metric system puts them in an advantage in the international marketplace.
What are the disadvantages?
The system does not work well with fractions un less it is divisible by 10. What about 1/3 it does not work with those types of fractions at all. One large difficulty is just the Us learning to use it and convert everything over to the system. There are economical disadvantages to countries doing businesses with the US if the companies in the US do not use the metric system, because the understanding of the measurements or amounts can be confusing. Not to mention the financial cost to the US is redesigning equipment or other products that are sold.
Will the United States ever adopt the metric
Since I was a child, I can remember the disagreements among school boards in the early 1970’s about transition my school to the metric system. It was a voluntary transition and many school did not want to implement it. When I was n elementary school the opposition came from the parents believe it or not. They said they would not be able to help their children with homework, etc. Actually looking back on it, parents did not want to learn something new, so the hype faded over time and everyone kept using the standard system. It was not until I graduated from his school in 1988 when congress passed amendment to the metric conversion act when the financial commerce industry really starting embracing the metric system.
Overall the cost to cover everything to metric would be staggering. The psychological aspects of the American thinking and the …show more content…
The Metric system is used by over 95% of the population in the world and the system makes it virtually error free in preforming mathematical calculations and understanding the results. The system decimal system makes it extremely easy to perform conversions and tracing children the metric system puts them in an advantage in the international marketplace.
What are the disadvantages?
The system does not work well with fractions un less it is divisible by 10. What about 1/3 it does not work with those types of fractions at all. One large difficulty is just the Us learning to use it and convert everything over to the system. There are economical disadvantages to countries doing businesses with the US if the companies in the US do not use the metric system, because the understanding of the measurements or amounts can be confusing. Not to mention the financial cost to the US is redesigning equipment or other products that are sold.
Will the United States ever adopt the metric