Log in Conant, Desinae; 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Conant, Desinae;'s post “how do i know how much a ...” how do i know how much a mile is? • (5 votes) Stephen White 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Stephen White's post “This is something that yo...” This is something that you will probably want to memorize. A mile is 5280 feet. Once you have that in your memory, you can then use math to determine how many yards a mile is and all sorts of other measurements. (18 votes) aramirez0906 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to aramirez0906's post “Thank You! this is really...” Thank You! this is really helpful but is there a faster way or less confusing way • (5 votes) bgr2006 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to bgr2006's post “I find the metric system ...” I find the metric system is easier and faster, because its all based on tens (12 votes) Baker,Jayden 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Baker,Jayden's post “Is there anything smaller...” Is there anything smaller than a millemeter • (7 votes) Anthony Fritz 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Anthony Fritz's post “The micro-, nano-, picto-...” The micro-, nano-, picto-, and femto- are all prefixes that indicate sizes smaller than the milli-. (12 votes) Jorge Daniel Garcia 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Jorge Daniel Garcia's post “How did they come up with...” How did they come up with this system of measurement? • (8 votes) RYAN.WILSON TENGE TENGE 3 months agoPosted 3 months ago. Direct link to RYAN.WILSON TENGE TENGE's post “the british” the british (4 votes) Evans, Joey 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Evans, Joey's post “if there is anything smal...” if there is anything smaller than a millimeter would it be like a billionth of a meter • (6 votes) Spidey 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to Spidey's post “millimeter = 1/1,000 mete...” millimeter = 1/1,000 meter. and there is no limit to how many units there should be. whenever we find a length in the real world that we need to express a lot of times and we don't have a unit that's close to this length, we can create a new unit of length. (0 votes) ucam2421 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to ucam2421's post “how many yards are in 14 ...” how many yards are in 14 miles • (6 votes) AlayModi2006 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to AlayModi2006's post “the answer is 24640 becau...” the answer is 24640 because of 1760 yards in a mile and (5 votes) noah.power 8 months agoPosted 8 months ago. Direct link to noah.power's post “how much is three yards” how much is three yards • (4 votes) Micah G. Treggi 8 months agoPosted 8 months ago. Direct link to Micah G. Treggi's post “3 yards in meters is 2.74...” 3 yards in meters is 2.7432m. (3 votes) sgomez0005 a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to sgomez0005's post “What is a quick way to re...” What is a quick way to remember how many yards are in a mile? • (4 votes) leah.vogedes 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to leah.vogedes's post “What unit of measure woul...” What unit of measure would you use to measure the length of a soda can? Inches, centimeters, or millimeters? • (2 votes) Armin Neuhofer 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Armin Neuhofer's post “Inches, because cm's is t...” Inches, because cm's is too small and mm's is WAY too small (3 votes) Ahsiah Cleveland a month agoPosted a month ago. Direct link to Ahsiah Cleveland's post “At 10:35 am I got a quest...” At • (2 votes) Random Person a month agoPosted a month ago. Direct link to Random Person's post “one mile is 1760 yards an...” one mile is 1760 yards and 4 miles is 7040 yards. (2 votes)Want to join the conversation?
micrometer = 1/1,000,000 meter.
nanometer = 1/1,000,000,000 meter.
1760 x 14 = 24640
3 yards in feet is 9ft.
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What are the customary units of measurement in the US? ›
The four basic units of measurement that are used in the U.S. customary measurement system are: inch, foot, yard, and mile. Typically, people use yards, miles, and sometimes feet to describe long distances. Measurement in inches is common for shorter objects or lengths.
What are the US customary units for your answer? ›Common customary units for length include inches, feet, and miles. Pounds and ounces are customary units used for measuring weight. Cups, pints, quarts, and gallons are customary units for measuring capacity or volume. The Fahrenheit scale is a customary unit for measuring temperature in the United States.
What is the U.S. customary unit for distance? ›Length. For measuring length, the U.S. customary system uses the inch, foot, yard, and mile, which are the only four customary length measurements in everyday use.
How do you convert US customary units? ›- To convert from a larger unit to a smaller unit, multiply.
- To convert from a smaller unit to a larger unit, divide.
The system for measuring length in the United States is based on the four customary units of length: inch, foot, yard, and mile.
What is the standard length in the US? ›Standard unit of length: The U.S Standard System uses inch, foot, yard and mile. The Metric System commonly uses millimeter, centimeter, meter, and kilometer. Standard unit of weight: The U.S. Standard System uses ounces, pounds, and tons.
What is another name for US customary unit? ›Other common ways of referring to the system in the U.S. are: customary, standard, or, erroneously, English, or imperial (which refers to the post-1824 reform measures used throughout the British Empire & Commonwealth countries).
What are the base US customary units? ›In the U.S. Customary System the base units are the units of length, force, and time, and are called respectively, the foot (ft), the pound (lb), and the second (s).
What are the 7 units of length? ›The metric system includes kilometer, hectometer, decameter, meter, decimeter, centimeter, and millimeter. There is a relationship between these units.
What system does the US use for measurement? ›Almost every country has adapted this measurement system since then. Only the US as well as its former colonies Liberia and Myanmar (also known as Burma) still use the imperial system almost entirely. The UK (plus its overseas territories) and Canada use both systems in parallel.
What is the difference between metric and customary units? ›
The metric system uses units such as grams and kilograms to discuss weight. The customary system is an older system and uses ounces and pounds to talk about weight. Converting between the two units can be done using the following conversions: 1 gram is equal to 0.03527 ounces.
What are customary units of length measured in? ›Customary Units of Length
To measure length or distance, the customary system uses the mile (mi), yard (yd), foot (ft), and inch (in).
In the metric system of measurement, the most common units of distance are millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers.
How to convert between yards, feet, and inches? ›*1 yard equals 3 feet. *Do you see a pattern? 1 yard equals 3 feet because 1x3=3 or 36 inches because 3x12 equals 36.
What are the 8 units of measurement for the US system? ›Common volume units are the teaspoon, tablespoon (3 teaspoons), fluid ounce (two tablespoons), cup (8 ounces), pint (2 cups, or 16 fluid ounces), quart (2 pints, or 32 fluid ounces), US gallon (16 cups, 128 fluid ounces, or 3.8 liters). A barrel is the unit to measure oil.
What are the customary units of capacity in the US? ›Summary. There are five basic units for measuring capacity in the U.S. customary measurement system. These are the fluid ounce, cup, pint, quart, and gallon. These measurement units are related to one another, and capacity can be described using any of the units.
What is the official measurement system for the US? ›Congress has established a national policy to make the metric system the preferred system of measurement for trade and commerce in the United States.