“Metric is the assumed system of measurement in science,” Colby said. (The Common Core State Standards for mathematics include learning both metric and customary measurements.) ...

From currency and commerce, food labels to laboratories, the metric system is the foundation of many science and math fields. To mark our 100th episode (a multiple of 10, which is the basis for ...

Navigating global measurements? This guide simplifies kilograms and pounds for students. Understand the metric and imperial ...

Lincoln Chafee will get my American system ruler when he pries it from my cold dead hand – and that’s cold in Fahrenheit, not Centigrade!

To handle an exponential growth in data, the metric system is getting its first update in three decades Based on the measuring system's new prefixes, Earth’s mass is about six ronnagrams. That ...

Reagan disbanded the Metric Board in 1982. Instead of leading the charge into brave new metric system, Arizona’s highway is a reminder of a failed experiment.

I readily admit that the decimal math of the metric system is easier, but not that it is in all ways better. The fact is that decimals are lousy at real-life division.

And the metric system has a horsepower figure as well, but it’s actually about 1.4% less than U.S. and James Watt spec. To learn a bit more detail, please read this.

The majority of the retractable metric tape measures we feature are accurate within ±2.3 millimeters over a 10-meter length, which is adequate for most engineering and construction tradespeople.

Much to Mitchell’s surprise, her comment about the metric system—officially it’s known as the International System of Units (SI)—evoked a strong reaction.