This week in math 10 we learned about the Metric system and the Imperial system.

The Measurement unit has a lot of rules and steps, and if you’re not causious it is easy to make little mistakes. I personally think that this unit is somewhat confusing, but it’s also fun to solve the equations, and learn about the relationships between all the units.

I was able to remember the metric system through the phrase “King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drinking Chocolate Milk”. Which actually stands for kilo, hecto, deca, unit(base), deci, centi, and milli. I also realized that a visual number line helps me a lot when converting units.

You would move the decimal (right/left) to the amount of spaces from your original unit to the one you want to convert it to.

The imperial system is mainly used in the US, but it is still important to know because we live very close. In the imperial system there are miles, yards, feet, and inches. An easy way to convert these units is to use a visual staircase.

You would multiply as you go down the staircase and divide when going up. Also remember that 1 inch=2.54cm, which is useful when converting units between the imperial and metric system.