Indians use both Metric and Imperial according to occasion...the carpenters and builders find Imperial more useful because factoring the foot is more convenient than a meter 1/2, 1/3 1/4, 1/6 foot are all integers in inches. But fluid measurements and long distances and weights are in Metric. The result is peculiar, most people can convert daily use measurements on the fly in their heads. And I find it as easy to check out a five pound bag of sugar in the states because I convert it anyway... MAYBE WHAT WE NEED IS THE CAPABILITY TO THINK BOTH AT THE SAME TIME...or is that too much to ask from our educational systems?
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Indians use both Metric and Imperial according to occasion...the carpenters and builders find Imperial more useful because factoring the foot is more convenient than a meter 1/2, 1/3 1/4, 1/6 foot are all integers in inches. But fluid measurements and long distances and weights are in Metric. The result is peculiar, most people can convert daily use measurements on the fly in their heads. And I find it as easy to check out a five pound bag of sugar in the states because I convert it anyway... MAYBE WHAT WE NEED IS THE CAPABILITY TO THINK BOTH AT THE SAME TIME...or is that too much to ask from our educational systems?