English Units

    In measurement there are the English units and the metric system. Right now we are going to look at the English units. there are units of length, volume, weight, and temperature. The units of length consist of the inch, foot, yard, and mile. There are 12 inches in a foot and 2 feet in a yard. Also a mile is equal to 5280 feet. Using this information you can convert inches into miles or even miles into yards.

     If you wanted to find how many yards where in 36 feet you would use the solution 36 /3 and you would get 12 yards.

    Then there is volume.  The English units for volume are the ounce, cup, pint, quart and gallon. There are 8 ounces in a cup, 2 cups in a pint, 2 pints in a quart and 4 quarts in a gallon.

    Say you had 5 quarts and wanted to know how many cups you had. Well there are 2 pints in a quart. So 5 quarts x 2= 10 pints. Then there is 2 cups in a pint. So 10 pints x 2= 20 cups. That was easy enough.

    Then there is weight and temperature. The English system uses ounces, pounds and tons. There are 16 ounces in a pound and 2,000 pounds in a ton. For temperature there is Fahrenheit. The units of measure are in degrees. The freezing point for Fahrenheit is 32 degrees and boiling is 212 degrees.