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Post by A-RokzStalker on Jun 12, 2007 16:20:40 GMT -6
LOL! I like using both! Except... I can't convert one to the other very easily, lol.
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Post by Julie on Jun 12, 2007 16:20:49 GMT -6
Like you say you're 1'65 m tall... that's 165 cm, right? Easy conversion. Whereas if I say I'm 5'4", you have to multiply 5 by 12 and then add 4 to convert to inches. 64 inches. But it takes a lot more thinking LOL.
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Post by Julie on Jun 12, 2007 16:22:24 GMT -6
Yeah, that would be the hard part, thinking in customary and trying to convert to metric. But after enough time, you'd just get used to estimating in metric.
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Post by A-RokzStalker on Jun 12, 2007 16:24:57 GMT -6
Yeah... at school, we're forced to use a little bit of both (as you probably already know...). But they haven't made us convert them much...
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Post by Julie on Jun 12, 2007 17:35:59 GMT -6
That's cause there's no easy way to do it. It would involve multiplying or dividing some random number with decimals, cause they're so not equivalent to each other.
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Post by A-RokzStalker on Jun 12, 2007 18:58:27 GMT -6
I know... it's annoying. Usually the teachers LIKE to make us do things that are annoying... lol.
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Post by jellicle on Jun 14, 2007 5:11:13 GMT -6
I'm used to using feet and inches for height but i still suck at using it for weight. It's really hard! I agree Julie, doing the converting is usually hard because of all those decimals and everything. Miles and Fahrenheit are totally confusing for me as well. Why the countries use different calculations for the same height, weight and length is beyond me. But I can NEVER understand why British use the other side of the road either. *shrugs* ;D
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