What is one advantage to using the metric system?

Answer 1

As well as being the system used in most countries around the world, as well as in most professions, the metric system is simple to use as it has a single set of base units to which prefixes can be added to increase the value in multiples of ten. For example, the base unit of length is the metre; a centimetre is one hundredth of metre and a kilometre is one thousand metres. The same prefixes are used for all metric units (so a kilogram is one thousand grams).

Answer 2

The main advantage of the metric system is that it is very logical. One example that illustrates this is water.

1 litre of water weighs 1kg

1 metric tonne (1000kg) of water will take up the volume of approximately one cubic meter

Water freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C

These simple concepts make metric calculation very easy.

Answer 3

It is not really important or necessary; however in the world of science and measurement it is helpful, as it uses units of ten.

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It's not necessary in a strictly arithmetical sense but the metric, or more importantly its SI derivative, IS "really important", because it is now the ONLY officially and internationally-recognised system for science, engineering and commerce. America is the only major nation not to have adopted it generally, except in science.

Answer 4

The metric system is a useful tool because a decimal system of units is based on the meter as a unit length, the kilogram as a unit mass, and the second as a unit time. Also metric system can become useful because it is easier then the customary system. This is why metric system is a useful tool.

Answer 5

One advantage of using the metric system is its simplicity and ease of conversion between units as it is based on powers of 10. This makes calculations and measurements more straightforward compared to systems with different conversion factors for each unit.

Answer 6

The metric system goes up by multiples of 10, which is a lot easier to calculate than Imperial systems

Answer 7

When America is taken over by China, then you will need to use the metric system

Answer 8

People like the metric system because it is so easy to work with because it is based on the 10s system.