Measuring is an important part of our lives. Most of the things that we buy are measured in some way or form. You may go to the hardware store and buy a certain length of rope, or go to the gas station and buy a certain volume of gas. In each case, something had to be measured. For most of the world, things are measured using the Metric System. The length of rope might be in meters and the gasoline would be in liters. The United States is one of the few countries that uses a different system (yards instead of meters and gallons instead of liters.) This leads to some tricky converting from one system to the other whenever different countries are working together. It often results in costly mistakes. For example, one gallon is not equal to one liter. Can you imagine the type of problems that can lead to?
Do you think that the United States should switch over to the metric system? Why or why not? Post your opinion today.
313 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 313 of 313No, I do not think that we should switch to the metric system. It's a lot easier for us to keep using our system because everyone was already taught how to use it. It would be hard to teach everyone the metric system if they don't know it and we already have all the supplies like rulers.
I think we should switch over to the metric system because, there won't be any more confusion in the different countries way of measurement.If we did switch over would have all the same,also so when people that transported to the us they wont have any problem of learning a different measurement.
I think we should stay with the metric system because thats the one everybody knows and it would be so hard for us just to switch to different measurements. Also in my opion the metric is easier and for some people like me are lazy. So thats why I think we should stay with metric measurement.
Shawn w
I think we should make the change because its easier. For example the metric system uses the number 10 a lot. The U.S system has numbers all over the place. That's why we should make the change.
I think should not switch because we are use to inches and centimeters...also it would be confusing to remember
no, we shouldn't because the us system is wayyy easier. there would be a whole bunch of problems.
No I don't think we should switch to the metric system because it would make life allot harder.
I think they shouldn't change because some people are used to the yardstick.Some people need to use the yardstick for school.
i can imagine the problems we would have from switching to the metric system trying to remember liters from gallons. I think we should stay with the us system because its easier to remember and everyone knows the us system.
I think that we should not switch to metric because everybody would be confused. we are all used to the US measurement and wouldn't be able to use it without getting all confused. that's why we shouldn't switch.
I don't think we should switch to the metric system because we are used to our system and we should stay that way.So if we stay the same it won't confuse every body.
yes because it will be a lot morn fun that is why I said yes
I think we shouldn't switch to the metric system because every one already knows how to use it and it would be very confusing to switch.
I think we should not change.Most kids
are used to the yard stick.
I think we need to switch over so we can measure bigger and smaller things like
I think we should not switch to the metric system because a lot of people are already used to the US system. If we switch now everybody would be so confused.
i think we should stay with the US system because its easier than the metric. the metric is hard because with the metric because its a lot more different than the US system
i think that we should just keep the us system because we all are used to it. if we switch now everybody will be confused.
I strongly believe we should transfer to the metric system. It is easier to use and to convert.
I think we should not switch because so many people are so use to the us system. If we switch now we will be really confused and don't know how much gas we buying.
I think we should not change because a lot o people are used to the us system and it will be confusing to change
I think they should change over to the metric system because it counts in ten's while the US is random numbers.
think we should stay with the us system
i think we should switch to the metric system because it will be easier for us to understand the length to other towns in like France, so we don't have learn something we don't need to know.
I think we should stay how we are because the U.S system is harder to use so there for we you more of our brain. If measurement is an important part of life and we are using our brains with it, it will most likely make us smarter. so we should stay on the U.S system.
I think we should stay with the US system because everyone is used to the US system
I think that we should keep using the metric system because we are so used to using it will just confuse everybody in America
no because we are floating by are are selves it make us look better because we make are on measurements
I believe metric should be used it is understandable because it involves using your skill of counting your tens which is easier than random numbers
I think that we should used an equally amount of Us and Metric
I think we should not switch over because kids and adults who know the U.S way would be confused.
I bilive that we should stay with the american systum because americans are so used to it it will cause a world wide caous! the stock will decrease, grades will plume, all because of switching to metric!
I think we should swicth to the us metric system because some people would say (also me) it is really easy to read it better than the other metric system.
I think we should stick with the US system but still learn and sometimes use the metric system.
No because its been tried in the United States and it confuses mechanics working on cars and giving people directions.
I think we should still use the U.S. system (feet, inches, yards, etc.) because it works well. If we switch to the metric system, people might forget and use the wrong units when they are not supposed to. Switching units would be hard and it would get confusing. Finally, it would be alot of work, and it would be expensive for factories to change their labels on merchandise.
I think if we switch (which i think we should do ) you ( the teachers ) should start teaching kids about both so if we switch they would know what it is and how to use it . Now if teachers dont teach it we shouldn't switch .
I think we should stay with the US system because everyone already uses it right now.
In my opinion I think that we should swich to metric system because like it said in the text most of the world uses the metric system,so if everyone else does we should to.I think that alot more things use the metric system than the us system.
I think that it does mot matter because we already know both of the measurements
The metric system is doing fine and we should keep using it because you would rather have the right length than have half or one fourth and and three fourths but you can get the whole number instead
I think we should switch to the metric system because it's better for me to understand.
In the long run it would be better if we switched to metric because people from different country use metric so it would be easier to travel. But I know it would be unrealistic to switch over because everybody in the USA knows our system it would be complicated and hard to switch over because it would be more work to learn it and switch over so most people would not want change it. Also most things are made for the US system so we would have to buy them again in metric example speed limit signs. also buying these things would put the US farther in debt so no we should not switch
yes because the metric system is a lot
easier to understand with the definitions
I think we should switch to the metric system because we use this measurement for things like liters or for measuring things in gallons pints and so many other things.
I do not think we should switch to meteric because frist its harder to do and every one is used to the us way.
i think that we should not switch because everyone is used to the us system so it might confuse people because they are used to gallons and pints and that is why i think we should not switch
I would change the metric system because it is harder to work stuff like cars that is why i would change the metric system
I think we should stick to metric because its more simple to understand.
I think we need to
yes we should switch to the metric system because it is much easier it is just a pattern all you have to do count how many spaces then move it to the left or right
yes we should switch to the metric system because it is much easier it is just a pattern all you have to do count how many spaces then move it to the left or right
i think that the united states should nit switch because the people that are out of school dont know the metric system and the people will have to relearn it and that is to confuseing
I think the united states should switch to the metric system because what if we needed to measure something we couldn't if we don't switch to the metric system.
i think that we should switch over to the metric sysyem because it would be so much better
i think that we should switch over to the metric sysyem because it would be so much better
I think we should switch over because we could use electric for cars so that way we wouldent have to go to the gas station.
I think we should switch to metric system because we measure the drinks that we drink, we measure the football field that we play on and more reasons. That is why we should change to metric system.
It is very important that we know about metric measuring cause measuring
is a very important part of our lives
cause if metric measuring was not invented then we would not know about
meters. So I think we should not switch over so we can know about
the metric system so we could measure all kinds of measurement with the metric system. Just don't forget king Henry doesn't mind drinking chocolate milk
yes because it is a important feature in our lives because and we need it be able to measure our foods and how long something is
I don't think we should switch to the metric system because it would take a lot for us to learn it. Our system is easier to use.
I don't think we should switch because it would take too long to learn it. Our system is easier to use.
shawn w
No I don't think we should switch because people would be confused.
I don't think we should switch to the metric system because we already know the US system. We will have to learn A new one I don't think we should.
I prefer the u.s. system and think we should stick with it.
i think we should stay with the u.s. system i think that because there is not that much numbers but the metric system has a lot of numbers......
no i do not think we should switch over to the metric system because we need to measure things that are small and big also people have already gotten used to the metric system
I think we should swich because the metric system is easyer to remember
No we should not switch over because we are used to our system.
I think we should switch to the metric system because the measurements are larger and smaller than the US system. If you want to measure a piece of candy you would measure it in millimeters which is a measurement of the metric system. If you were to measure a field you might measure it in kilometers or hectometers, which is part of the metric system. If you had to measure water you would measure it in liters , which is also part of the metric system. If you measured the length of a couch you would most likely measure it in meters. The majority of the measurements we use is the measurements of the metric system.
I think we shouldn't switch to the Metric system method because it would be a lot complication learning a new method.
i think we should switch because we could move on to bigger and better things about measurement
no because we our one of the placees in the wold that has this
i think we should use the us because its &fast & easy
i think we should stick to the metric system because it is easy.
i think we should use both because it would be much easier for everyone.for example if we only learned about the metric system then it would be harder to learn the us system. i think we should use both because it would be easier than harder.
I dont think we shood swich becauseeverything has alredy ben set to the metric system like prices of stuff
No I think we should stick with the U.S. System because we have learned that way of measuring for a long time. I dont think we should change just for the other countries.
I think we should not switch to the metric system because the US has been using the US system before it was a country.
i dont think the U.S should change i think it would just confuse people.
I think we should switch to the metric system because it's way easier because basicly the whole thing revolves around ten
we should not switch over because everybody is already used to the us system.
it does not matter
I think that we should stay with the US system because the government would have to help. If we keep it the same it would be a lot easier because people already know it. We would not get confused.
I think we should change the metric system because then we can measure anything in the metric system.
it does not matter because it is the same thing
i agree with Remy we should stick with the us system
No I do not think we should switch to the metric system because it would be harder to understand. When we are driving instead of 55 mph it would be kph and it would be different.
I think we should stay with the us systems method we have now. People are used to the method we have now and it would take a lot to teach something new. It would also confuse people. Since some things have have converted to the metric system it makes it harder to locate a tool to fix a car or tighten a bolt. That is why I think we need to keep things the way they are no change.
I think we should use the U.S method because the metric is complicated because there are decimals and the U.S is full numbers.We have been using the U.S method for a while.
i think we should switch over to the metric system because it is eaiser to use the it unike the us system deals with miles and other things that deal with driving a car basiclly so thats why i think we should switch over.
i think we should stick to the u.s system because we learned that all though out the school years
i think we sould stay with stay with the U.S method because that is what we are used to and it would not be the same if the whole world used the same method we are who we are.
I think we should stay with the U.S method because we already know it.We use measuring in a lot of ways.
I would not change the metric system because it is easier to work on stuff like cars and trucks
I think we should not change to the metric system because the whole united states would have to change the system and learn a whole new system and the then the airports would have to rewrite their rules.
I think we should not change to the metric system because the whole united states would have to change the system and learn a whole new system and the then the airports would have to rewrite their rules.
I think we should switch over because the metric system is way easier. the only number you have to remember is 10.Also your only measuring liquids.
i dont think we should switch over because we wouldnt be able to muesure right
i dont think we should switch over because we wouldnt be able to muesure right
I don't think we should switch over because I think that the Us system is easier to remember and plus some may not know about the metric system
I think we should swith over so we can have a challenge. We have knowledge on the metric system but thats not enough. There is more to it. We use the US system alot and then that will make our work easier. But if you switch to the metric system it will be a challenge and that what 6th grade is about. Everything is not gonna be easy like the US system. So lets switch. Then you will have knowledge on both of them.
Yes, I think that we should switch over to the metric system because it would be a little easier to me. but i really dont know how to explain
i think we should stay to metric measurements because it's how measurement should be.
i think that measuring is important because you would not know how much of something you are getting .
i think that measuring is important because with out measuring you would not know how much of something you are getting. so that's why i think measuring is important.
No wouldn't change because adults won't have to learn something that they already know.
I think we should switch over to metric system because it would be easer.And the metric system would be by tens.
no i think that we should stay with the metric system because we already know it
opps i think we should switch to the metric system because it will be eaiser
I think we should not because we would have to learn something new.
The metric system would be good for the U.S. system because the U.S. is the only other system in the world we use metric system already also such as when we participate in the olympics in track we run the 40meter and 100meter and so on also in wrestling we use kilograms for the weight classes unlike at the high school we use pounds.
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