THE MEASURE OF THE ANGLO-SAXON SYSTEM

Americans use this type of measure every day, not the one we are accustomed to, the Europeans. The Anglo-Saxon system could be defended as that system that retains certain characteristics of yesteryear but that have remained fixed to become accurate measurements that maintain relationships between them to be able to adapt to the needs of humans nowadays. These people do everything in a big way because they always have to be GREAT. Well, when they want to drink, they order their beberage in gallons and when they want to eat a burger the regular size is the “supersize BIG MAC” and if it is necessary, they put some extra on it. When they are born, they already go with the “BIG” on their names.

The four main units of measurement in the United States are: the inch, the foot, the yard and the mile. Then the equivalence between them and those of the Metric Decimal System:

Inch = 2.54 centimeters.

Foot = 12 inches = 30.48 centimeters.

Yard = 3 feet = 91.44 centimeters.

Mile = 1760 yards ≈ 1.61 kilometers.

And these are its abbreviations and symbols:

Inch: (in) or (").

Foot: (ft) or (').

Yard: (yd).

Mile: (mi).