Folks: I'm going to have a session on teaching the metric system at a national
conference for middle school math teachers on Friday. The session is now full
at 52 people with a waiting list.
There are six concurrent sessions during my time slot and only one other is
filled right now. I conside
Either can be first, and metric-sized fills are perfectly acceptable. It just
has to be marked in both units.
From: John Altounji
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 6:25 PM
Subject: [USMA:53645] RE: metric business
That was my un
That was my understanding. Thank you for clarifying. So we can maybe push
for metric first and customary in parenthesis, if it is legal.
John Altounji
One size does not fit all.
Social promotion ruined Education.
From: John M. Steele [mailto:jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, Mar
Costco do have to be ultra-careful about using the gallon, quart of pint on
their products. Whenever I visit them here
(http://warehouses.costco.co.uk/locations/farnborough/) I keep a careful
lookout for these units of measure. Their use of fluid ounces is OK though -
they tend to be generous on t
I think you need to get facts straight and start with the root of the problem.
Costco can NOT unilaterally change to metric-only labels. Your statement that
metric-only labels are legal in 48 states is NOT completely true. It is only
true for items regulated by the state, not the Federal gove
It has been amusing to see the confusion of units used in the reporting of
the downed aircraft, now that the focus has switched to metric Australia.
The length of the debris is usually given on graphics in metres, but
distances from the coast are given in miles. Last night a Fox News
airline e
