Difference between English system of measurement and Metric system
English system of measurement |
Metric system |
English system of measurement is harder than metric system. | Metric system is easier than English system of measurement. |
This system is based on common length of body parts. | This system is easy to manipulate because all conversion are based on multiple of ten. |
English system of measurement created in US. | Metric system created in France. |
The English system of measurement uses feet, inches and pounds for measuring the things. | The metric system uses most of the unit meter and gram and prefixes like kilo , Millis ,and centi to count order of magnitude. |
English system of measurement is designed to increase difficulty of measuring length. | Metric system is dull allmeasurement is in power of ten. |
Example of English system of measurement are :-
1) Area are given in square feet. 2) Area are given in square yard. |
Example of metric system are :-
1) The thickness or length of credit card. 2) Length of cloth. 3) Our own body weight. 4) Measuring the amount of water in the tank. |