How do I do imperial to metric conversions?! Metric to imperial is easy but I don't know how to do it the other way around!!! Please help me!
a) 6yd to meters
b) 3mi to kilometers
c) 80in to meters
d) 3.8ft to meters
e) 5'3" to meters (" is foot right?)
f) 0.4mi to meters
**Can you go over at least three questions so that I get the hang of it? And please do (e) it looks really confusing! :(
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http://www.mathsisfun.com/metric-imperial-conversion-charts.html
In 1959 the inch was internationally defined in terms of the centimetre
1 inch = 2.54 centimetres
So if you want any precision you have to go back to that basic definition.
c)
80 in = 80(2.54) cm
= 203.2 cm
= 2.032 metres
once you have converted to any of the metric units, the rest is easy, all you have to do is move the decimal for the different units
f)
.4 miles
= .4(5280)(12) inches
= 25344 inches
= 64373.76 centimetres
= 643.7376 metres
d)
3.8 ft
= 3.8(12) inches
= 45.6 inches
= 115.824 cm
= 1.15824 m
or appr 1.16 metres
The logical thing to do of course is not to convert at all, but rather stay within one system, preferably the metric system
Personally, I grew up in Germany with the metric system, had to convert to imperial when I came to Canada as a teenager, but then when Canada became metric in 1972 , it was easy again to be in metric.
1 inch = 2.54 centimetres
So if you want any precision you have to go back to that basic definition.
c)
80 in = 80(2.54) cm
= 203.2 cm
= 2.032 metres
once you have converted to any of the metric units, the rest is easy, all you have to do is move the decimal for the different units
f)
.4 miles
= .4(5280)(12) inches
= 25344 inches
= 64373.76 centimetres
= 643.7376 metres
d)
3.8 ft
= 3.8(12) inches
= 45.6 inches
= 115.824 cm
= 1.15824 m
or appr 1.16 metres
The logical thing to do of course is not to convert at all, but rather stay within one system, preferably the metric system
Personally, I grew up in Germany with the metric system, had to convert to imperial when I came to Canada as a teenager, but then when Canada became metric in 1972 , it was easy again to be in metric.
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