Americans have long used diverse weights and measures, reflecting their diverse origins. From colonial times, converting from one unit to another was part of courses in commercial arithmetic. The ...

Have you ever noticed that systems of measurement tends to change when you leave the United States? Weight is typically measured in kilograms instead of pounds, distance is measured in kilometers over ...

If you’re from the US or are trying to understand American units of measure, there’s now an easier way to do that with Uniter. This is a new iPhone app that can convert measurements in real-time in ...

THE Montareal headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organisation has announced that substantial progress has been made towards the solution of a problem, in the world of air transport, that ...

If the United States were more like the rest of the world, a McDonald's Quarter Pounder might be known as the McDonald's 113-Grammer, John Henry's 9-pound hammer would be 4.08 kilograms, and any ...

Trying to convert miles to kilometers (or vice versa) in your head during an activity can further strain your resources. Luckily, changing the units of measurement on Garmin is simple. Unlike other ...