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Linear Mensuration: Measurement Systems Guide

This document defines and compares the English and metric systems of measurement. It provides conversion formulas and tables to convert between the two systems. The English system uses feet, inches, and yards as standard units, while the metric system uses meters as the standard unit divided into centimeters and millimeters. The document includes a quiz with problems to practice converting between the English and metric systems of measurement.

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Linear Mensuration: Measurement Systems Guide

This document defines and compares the English and metric systems of measurement. It provides conversion formulas and tables to convert between the two systems. The English system uses feet, inches, and yards as standard units, while the metric system uses meters as the standard unit divided into centimeters and millimeters. The document includes a quiz with problems to practice converting between the English and metric systems of measurement.

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LINEAR MENSURATION

DEFINITIONS

1. Mensuration – the mathematics of measurement.


2. Linear Mensuration – measurement in one dimension or measurement of distances/length.

TWO SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT


There are two systems of measurement: the English system which originated in England and the Metric
system or Systems International (S.I) which originated in France.

ENGLISH SYSTEM

The English system is based on the foot as the standard unit of reference. A foot is divided into 12 equal
parts called inches. Each inch is subdivided into 16 equal parts (16 graduations) and the smallest part is read
1/16.

The standard equivalents of length in the English system are as follows

12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.)

3 feet (ft.) = 1 yard (yd.)


METRIC SYSTEM

The basic/standard unit of length in the metric system is the meter. The meter is divided into 100 centimeters.
Each centimeter is divided into 10 millimeters.

Other units of length and their equivalents in meters are as follows:

1 millimeter = 0.001 meter


1 centimeter = 0.01 meter
1 decimeter = 0.1 meter
1 kilometer = 1000 meters

We symbolize these lengths as follows:

1 millimeter = 1 mm
1 centimeter = 1 cm
1 meter = 1m
1 decimeter = 1 dm
1 kilometer = 1 km

CONVERSION TABLES

Metric Conversion Table

1 millimeter = 0.03937 inches (in.)

1 centimeter = .3937 inches (in.)

1 meter = 39.37 inches (in.)

English Conversion Table

1 inch (in.) = .0254 mm. = 2.54 cm. = .0254 (m.)

1 foot (ft.) = 304.8 mm. = 30.48 cm = .3048 (m.)

1 yard (yd.) = 914.4 mm = 91.4 cm = .9144 (m.)


CONVERSION FORMULAS

Length in inches x 0.0254 = length in meters

Length in inches x 2.54 = length in centimeters

Length in feet ÷ 3.28 = length in meters

Length in meters x 39.37 = length in inches

Length in inches ÷ 39.37 = length in meters

Length in feet x 0.305 = length in meters

Length in feet x 30.5 = length in centimeters


QUIZ (TRADE MATHEMATICS / MEASUREMENT)

Part 1

A. Direction: Convert the following. Write your answer and solution on a separate sheet. Round
your answers into two decimal places.
1. 25 cm to = inches
2. 63 m to = feet
3. 50 ft to = meters
4. 13 inches = meters
5. 10 mm to = inch

B. Directions: Write the correct measurements as indicated by extension lines below.


Use a separate sheet of paper.

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1 INCH

Part 2

Directions: Write the correct measurements as indicated by extension lines below. Use a
separate sheet of paper.
A. English System
B. Metric System

II. Conversion: Convert the following measurement from metric to English system
or vice versa.

1. 60 cm = in.

2. 3 ½ in. = cm.

3. 75 cm. = m.

4. 10 in. = cm.

5. 30 cm = ft.

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