The metric system is on track for a mass makeover. In an effort to provide accurate measurements at all scales, scientists are preparing to redefine four basic units by the end of 2018. The shift will ...

The week of Oct. 10 – that's 10/10 – is National Metric Week because the metric system is based on powers of 10. To change from one unit to another within the system, one has only to move the decimal ...

Length, time and volume are all examples of quantities close quantityA property that can exist as a magnitude, usually with a numerical value. For example, speed (quantity) is measured in metres per ...

We use different metric units, such as centimetres, metres and litres to measures things like how big an area is, how long an object is, or how much a container can hold. Length is measured in ...

FOR several years an intensive propaganda has been carried on by the “World Metric Standardisation Council” on both sides of the Atlantic in furtherance of the objects indicated in the title of this ...