The Metric System Web Quest Page 3

Let’s compare the metric system to the English Customary system

Since we still use the English Customary system in America (as well as the metric), it is

important that we understand how the two different systems compare.

Use the following website to help answer the questions keeping in mind a visual of

the different measurements. The first one has been completed for you as an example.

1) Which is longer- a meter or a yard?

1 is slightly longer than 1 yard

2) Which is longer- a kilometer or a mile?

3) Which is longer- a centimeter and an inch? Hint: An inch is about the

size of your thumbnail)

4) Which is heavier- a pound or a kilogram?

5) What is one object that weighs about one gram? How about five

grams?

6) Which would hold more milk- a liter or a quart?

7) Which would hold more water- a teaspoon (tsp) or a milliliter?

8) Which is hotter, 30°C or 30°F? How do you know?

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