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 * Customary System**

The United States is basically the only country that uses the Customary System, but there are a few others. Here's a map of which places use it (gray) and which don't (green). We use the Customary System to measure: Capacity(ounces) Length(foot) Weight(pound) Here are the conversions:
 * Length**
 * 1 foot || 12 in. ||
 * 1 yard || 36 in. ||
 * 1 mile || 5,280 ft. ||
 * 1 mile || 1,760 yards ||
 * 1 mile || 63,360 in. ||
 * Weight**
 * 1 pound || 16 oz. ||
 * 1 ton || 2,000 pounds ||
 * 1 ton || 32,000 oz. ||
 * Capacity**
 * 1 cup || 8 oz. ||
 * 1 pint || 2 cups ||
 * 1 pint || 16 oz. ||
 * 1 quart || 2 pints ||
 * 1 quart || 4 cups ||
 * 1 quart || 32 oz. ||
 * 1 gallon || 4 quarts ||
 * 1 gallon || 8 pints ||
 * 1 gallon || 16 cups ||
 * 1 gallon || 128 ||

You can have some personal references, here are some examples

One large milk jug is literally a gallon.

A school desk is approxametely a yard when measuring the height

A coffee cup holds about a cup.

A computer monitor (measuring across) is usually extremely close to a foot.

The average (probably not this one) small car weighs about a ton.

The average shoe weighs around 1 pound.

The metric system is used a lot, the only other measurement system besides Customary, here's the map again. The areas that use it are green, the areas that don't are in gray.
 * Metric System**

The Metric System measures: Capacity(liter) Length(meter) Mass(gram) Here are the conversions:
 * Length**
 * 1 centimeter || 10 millimeters ||
 * 1 meter || 1,000 millimeters ||
 * 1 meter || 100 centimeters ||
 * 1 kilometer || 1,000 meters ||
 * 1 kilometer || 100,000 centimeters ||
 * 1 kilometers || 1,000,000 millimeters ||
 * Capacity**


 * 1 liter || 1 thousand milliliters ||
 * Weight**
 * 1 gram || 1,000 milligrams ||
 * 1 kilogram || 1,000,000 milligrams ||
 * 1 kilogram || 1000 grams ||

Here are some examples of personal references:

(DR.PEPPER MMMMMMMM!) A two liter of soda is...well...2 liters.

These little things almost always carry 1 milliliter.

Yes, these are pen caps. The average pen cap weighs around a gram.

A sweet tart weighs around a milligram.

The average snake is about a meter long.

A pencil is about a centimeter wide.

Check out these links. [|Measuring Measurement] [|A little history mixed w/ other stuff] [|Quiz]