English Measurement

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English Measurement
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Ancient to English Measurement

• Each English King would use his own measurements
  based on how long his feet/arms were.
• Kings Edward I and Edward II of England came up
  with the first standardized units of length.
• Yard length from King Henry Is outstretched
  thumb to the tip of his nose.
• Foot 1/3 of a yard
• Inch Romans divided the foot into twelve parts
  (the length of three dried barleycorns laid
  side-by-side)

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English Units

• 3 feet 1 yard
• 12 inches 1 foot
• 36 inches 1 yard
• 1,760 yards 1 mile
• 5,280 feet 1 mile

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Which is longer, the meter or the yard?

• Meter!
• A meter stick contains about 39.5 inches.
• A yard stick contains only 36 inches.

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Hint

• Be careful when using a meter stick to measure
  yards. If you say that something is 1 yard
  because it is as long as the meter stick, it is
  actually 1 yard plus about 3 inches, or 39 inches
  all together.

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Reasons why it didnt/wont last

• United States still uses the English system most
  of the time.
• Liberia and Myanmar also use it still.
• There are too many different units to remember
  when you need to change between the units.