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Download full textBeek, C.; And Others – 1982
This booklet is designed to aid small manufacturing companies in ascertaining the meaning of going metric for their unique circumstances and to guide them in making a smooth conversion to the metric system. First is a brief discussion of what the law says about metrics and what the metric system is. Then what is involved in going metric is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Industry, Manufacturing, Measurement
Beek, C.; And Others – 1982
This booklet is designed to aid product service companies in finding out about the meaning of the metric system for their unique circumstances and to help them phase-in metric servicing smoothly. First is a brief discussion of what the law says about metrics and what the metric system is. Then what is involved in going metric is discussed in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Measurement, Metric System
United States Metric Board, Arlington, VA. – 1982
This booklet was designed to increase awareness about the metric system. Why the metric system is being used increasingly is described. Pictures illustrate simple comparisons of the most commonly used units of the metric and customary systems. Calculations using both systems are compared through presentation of three problems. Next, everyday units…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
