What About Metric? [electronic resource] : Revised Edition / Louis E. Barbrow.

Described are the advantages of using the metric system over the English system. The most common units of both systems are listed and compared. Pictures are used to exhibit use of the metric system in connection with giving prices or sizes of common items. Several examples provide computations of ar...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Barbrow, Louis E.
Corporate Author:	United States. National Bureau of Standards
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1974.
Subjects:	Adult Education. Consumer Economics. Decimal Fractions. Mathematics Education. Measurement. Metric System. Standards. Temperature. Weight.