Question

Answer one or several of the following discussion questions with at least 3 complete sentences:

The United States is the only developed country that has not adopted the metric system as its standard unit of measure. The U.S. Congress passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, to give us a nudge toward its adoption. This effort was renewed in 1988 when Congress passed the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act. This act says that the metric system is the preferred system of measure, and legislated that many of the companies that do business with the government are required to use the metric

Answer 1

system in their dealings. Even so, the adoption of the metric system by the U.S. public has been resisted.

Why do you think we have resisted its adoption? And, do you think we should convert to metric use?
We buy gallons of gas, but liters of soda. We drive for miles but run the 400-meter dash. Discuss how or why this is true in our country.
Look around your house and think. Are there other ways the metric system enters your life? Can you find products or think of examples where we generally refer to an item in metric terms? Can you find items that list both the standard and metric measures? Give a description of what you find and why it might have metric units.

Answer 2

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