Since it is a base 10 decimal system for all units it is much simpler to convert from one unit to another, a simple matter of moving the decimal point. i.e. 500 grams is 0.5 kilograms, 20 kilogrames...
Advantages: All units in the Metric system are scalable by ten. For example, 1000 g = 1kg.Disadvantages: It would cost a lot to change to metrics. Also, many sports are linked to customary...
Because the units are multiples of ten, they can easily be calculated using our base-ten number system, and expressed in interchangable terms by simply moving the decimal point (no calculation is...
The units of the metric system are scaled up and down by factors of 10 (or powers of ten). Since we count in tens, this makes scaling up or down a lot simpler.For example, for lengths, all you need...