Should the United States Use the SI System?

Currently, there are _____ countries using SI than the United States.

• an equal amount

• more

• less

• cannot be determined from article

Even though conversion to the SI system has been slow in the US, these places were among the first to begain using SI.

• schools and gas stations

• large corporations and factories

• gas stations and the military

• schools and large corporations

Some disadvantages of the English measurement system include _____.

• being based upon unusual standards

• requiring complicated conversion formulas

• having imprecise origins

• all of these

Conversion from one unit to another in SI requires _____.

• knowing how to divide fractions

• the use of conversion formulas

• only the memorization of SI prefixes

• the movement of a decimal point

SI is also known as _____.

• the new English system

• the metric system

• the International Standard

• the revised international English system

Everything in the SI system of measurement is based upon units of _____.

• 1

• 10

• multiples of 8

• 4

In 1972, the United States government passed the _____.

• English Conversion Act

• English and SI measurement Law

• Metric Conversion Law

• Metric Conversion Act

One of the largest concerns or complaints of those opposed to the SI system is _____.

• the cost involved with the SI system

• the lack of learning opportunities for SI

• the resistance or inconvenience of change

• the difficulty of countries working together

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The US government had hoped to complete the conversion to SI during _____.

• the 1980's

• the 1970's

• the 1960's

• the 1990's

The mile was established by the Greeks as the distance a foot soldier could cover in 2000 strides (long steps).

• true

• false

• depends

• did not say in the article