05 January 2009

Metric Conversions

When I teach the metric system, I try to help my students get a feel for metric units so they can do what I call a "sanity check" on every problem ("Does your answer make sense?"), but many still do better converting to Imperial units first. I think from now on I'll show them this graphic.

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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous4:11 PM, January 08, 2009

    I have a cookbook (by a French immigrant) that discusses "metric ounces," whatever those are. I keep my kitchen scale on metric if only because it's easier to measure out 3g of yeast than the Imperial equivalent.

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  2. Anonymous12:21 AM, January 12, 2009

    that's awesome!

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  3. Allison M.12:58 PM, March 31, 2009

    Don't you think it's a little creepy that he estimated Summer Glau's volume? Hehe.

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