Become Familiar with English Units

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Conversions Using English Units
Become Familiar with English Units
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Common English Units
Length
12 inches(in) 1 foot (ft) 3 ft 1 yd 5280 ft
1 mile(mi)
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What is an inch?

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inch (in or ") The inch was originally defined
in England in two ways as the length of three
barleycorns laid end to end, or as the width of a
man's thumb at the base of the nail. The
barleycorn definition is peculiarly English, but
the thumb-width definition is generic. In fact,
in many European languages the word for inch also
means thumb. http//www.unc.edu/rowlett/units/dic
tI.html
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2 "
4 ½ "
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What is a foot?
1 foot 12 inches
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What is a Yard?
1 yard 3 feet
1 yard 36 inches
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What is a Mile?
1 mile 5280 feet
1 mile
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Common English Units
Weight
16 ounces (oz) 1 pound (lb) 2000 lb 1 ton
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What is an Ounce?
The symbol oz is from the old Italian word onza
(now spelled oncia) for an ounce.
http//www.unc.edu/rowlett/units/dictO.html
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What is an Pound?
pound (lb or ) The unit now in general use in
the United States is the avoirdupois pound,
so-called from a French phrase avoir du poids,
literally "goods of weight," indicating simply
3 pounds of Apples
that the goods were being sold by weight rather
than by volume or by the piece. The avoirdupois
pound is divided into 16 ounces. The traditional
symbol lb stands for libra, the Latin word for
the unit. http//www.unc.edu/rowlett/units/dictP.
html
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What is a Ton?
1 ton 2000 pounds
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Common English Units
Capacity
3 teaspoons (tsp) 1 Tablespoon (tbsp) 16 tbsp
1 cup (c) 8 ounces(oz) 1 c 2c 1 pint(pt) 2 pt
1 quart (qt) 4 qt 1 gallon (gal)
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What is a Teaspoon? Tablespoon?
3 teaspoons 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon 1 cup
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What is a Cup?
cup (c) a traditional unit of volume used in
recipes in the United States. One cup equals 1/2
(liquid) pint, or 8 fluid ounces. American cooks
use the same size cup for measuring both liquid
and dry substances. http//www.unc.edu/rowlett/un
its/dictC.html
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What is a Pint? Quart?
1 pint 2 cups
1 quart 2 pints
Quart
Pint
Cup
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What is a Gallon?
1 Gallon 4 quarts
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Familiar English Units
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