No such simple relations existed in standard units of weight and measure among units of length (inches, feet, yards, miles) or among units of length, volume and weight. In other words, the French ...

NARRATOR: The metric system is a way of measuring things. So with length, the metric measurements are millimetres, centimetres, metres and kilometres. A stamp, would be measured in millimetres.

In the meantime, a new system of weights and measures, developed by French scientists following the Revolution of 1789, gained increasing international use. This metric system had as its fundamental ...

All countries use the metric system to varying degrees. Most of the world has adopted the metric system as their official system of measurement with one major exception: the United States.

Use this free printable to easily convert dry and liquid baking ingredients from imperial to metric or vice versa. We’ve ...