Detail on Measurement The Important Stuff Also

Detail on Measurement

The Important Stuff Also… 2. 2 lbs = 1 kg 5 miles = 8 km 1 1 inch = 2. 5 cm 3 litre = 1000 cm 1 foot 30 cm 1000 kg = 1 tonne (not ‘ton’, note later) 1¾ pints = 1 litre 1 gallon = 4. 5 litres (or 11 gallons = 50 litres)

Imperial Measurements 3 feet = 1 yard Length that a horse can pull 8 pints = 1 gallon a plough 12 inches = 1 foot before it needs 14 lbs = 1 stone a rest 16 oz = 1 lb 8 furlongs = 1 mile 22 yards = 1 chain 1760 yards = 1 mile Length between creases on a cricket pitch. “a standard chain”

Imperial Distance x 12 x 3 x 22 x 10 x 8 Inch (‘’) Foot (‘) Yard (yd) Chain (ch) Furlong (f) Mile (mile) A thumb A foot Nose to fingertip

Imperial Weight (mass really) x 16 x 14 x 8 x 20 Actually 112 lbs Ounce (oz) Pound (lb) c = 100 Stone (st) Hundredweight (cwt) Ton (t) 1 ton = 2240 lbs 1 tonne = 1000 kg Given that 1 kg is actually 2. 2046 lbs, which is bigger: a ton or a tonne?

Imperial Volume x 20 x 2 x 4 Fluid Ounce (fl oz) Pint (pt) Quart (qt) Gallon (gall) This is UK US gallon = x 16 x 2 Americans buy ice cream and milk by the quart x 4 This is USA UK gallon As for other countries…? Same for pints, take note!

Money. Now then… Today we use Farthing (¼d) Furthermore… ‘new pence’ because there Half-penny be ‘old pence’. x 2 used to (½d, Ha’penny) Penny (1 d) x 3 However, it wasn’t pence, or Thr’penny 8 half A pound note(3 d, Thr’pennybit, was ‘penny’s’. Three-penny-bit was 240 d it 20/- or Joe) x 2 Six-penny-bit (6 d, was ‘d’ It wasn’t ‘p’ (as in 5 p), it a Tanner) (as in 12 d) crowns. x 2 x 2 1 x 2 x 2 Shilling was Bob) (Yes, even though it(1/-, apence, or penny’s) Two Shilling (2/-, a Florin) Two shillings shilling was 12 pence (12 d) or 5 new & Half-crown (2/6) sixpence (2/6)! Crown (5/-) pence Ten Shilling Note (10/-, Ten Bob Note) Pound Note (£, Nicker) A guinea was 21 shillings (£ 1. 05 new)

Money Exchanges “What is the cost of 2½ dozen articles at thr’pence 3 farthing each? ” “What is the cost of 5 dozen bread rolls at sixpence ha’penny each? ” (hint: what shop would you be in here? ) Please remember to write your answers using the correct denominations of currency!

We’re nearly done Think things were confusing? Well they still are… How tall are you? How far is it to the nearest big city? How wide is the room? What’s your weight? How heavy is your textbook? What may one order at a pub? How big is a large bottle of Coke? Imperial Metric

The last slide Minutes and seconds are just get to mention of All this and we didn’t even measurements time? Rods, Poles, Perches, No. They are also measurements of angle: Bushells, Pecks, Ells, 1 minute = 1/60 th of a degree Cubits, Acres, Troys, 1 second = 1/60 th of a minute Quadrapods, and Gills! Talking of measurements of time, traditional Japanese clocks have 6 hours, count backwards, use numbers 4 -9 and have varying lengths of hour! (See here)

Answers to the Questions A ton is equivalent to 1016 kg, so is bigger than a tonne. 2½ dozen articles at thr’pence 3 farthing each would cost “ 9 and 4 pence ha’penny”. 5 dozen bread rolls at sixpence ha’penny each would cost “£ 1, 12 and 6”. This is 60 rolls although the baker would have made 65.