How are Metric and us customary mesurements different? - Answers

The two main differences are simplicity and universality.The metric system is much simpler since any measure of a particular characteristic is related to other measures of the same characteristic by powers of 10. With the US (or Imperial system, there are a huge number of conversion factors. For example:2 pints in a quart3 feet in a yard4 quarts in a gallon6 feet in a fathom8 furlongs in a mile9 square feet in a square yard12 inches in a foot14 pounds in a stone16 ounces in a poundand so on, and on and on. Also, units for different characteristics are also linked by simple factors. For example, a hectare (area) = 10,000 square metres, or 1000 litre = 1 cubic metre.In terms of universality, all countries in the world with the exception of the recalcitrant three: US, Burma and Liberia, plus some island states, have adopted the metric system.