Thank you Canada

[gabeck]

A 2x4 that is actually 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 ..... if we ever call it a 4X9 we'll think we're getting so much for our money ....especially if it is a 2x4x8 ....... becoming 4x9x244 .....

[escape artist]

Originally Posted by gabeck

A 2x4 that is actually 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 ..... if we ever call it a 4X9 we'll think we're getting so much for our money ....especially if it is a 2x4x8 ....... becoming 4x9x244 .....

Hi: gabeck... We'll all weigh less in Kilos too!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

[steve dunham]

Questions from a College Math Exam

1) How many degrees are in a metric circle ?
2 ) What is the metric equivalent for Pi ?
3) How many degrees are in a metric equilateral triangle ?

[Iowa Dave]

To converse down in our country when you were young you had to know how far 80 rods was, how much a bushel of corn weighed, how many pecks in a bushel and finally how many acres in a section. Things change.
Dave

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by Iowa Dave

To converse down in our country when you were young you had to know
... how many acres in a section. Things change.

That's still relevant here to rural people, as land is commonly still described in acres (rather than hectares), and the land survey system laid out much of western Canada in squares one mile on a side: sections, of 640 acres. I think it's still common for people refer to sections and quarter-sections of farm land. My grandparents homesteaded in Alberta, and expanded to two quarter-sections (before the soil all blew away in the 1930's ).

[gbaglo]

What's a serving of poutine in metric?

[escape artist]

Originally Posted by gbaglo

What's a serving of poutine in metric?

Hi: gbaglo... Can't say for sure... I failed french fries!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

[gbaglo]

Ah, but you're in the gravy.

[Affinity]

Originally Posted by Jimrules

They make apps for that now. But it's much more fun to teach someone to do the math. Then just when they get confident, have them use -40° and watch the confusion on their faces.

The only temperature that needs no math skills or translation. It's equally cold regardless of scale:-)

[J Mac]

Originally Posted by steve dunham

Questions from a College Math Exam

1) How many degrees are in a metric circle ?
2 ) What is the metric equivalent for Pi ?
3) How many degrees are in a metric equilateral triangle ?

Who cares?