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the customary is only used in a few countries.

the red areas are the people who use the customary system my links http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/scienceles3/measure/index.html

TRY IT YOURSELF(Quiz) http://www.mce.k12tn.net/measurement/quiz1.htm**



mr.gallon shows capacity because 2cups=1pint 2pints=1quarts and 4quarts=1gallon



THE METRIC SYSTEM Square Meters// |||||| //Approximate U.S. Equivalent// ||
 * ~ AREA ||
 * //Unit// || //Abbreviation// || //Number of
 * square kilometer || sq km //or// km2 || 1,000,000 |||||| 0.3861 square miles ||
 * hectare || ha || 10,000 |||||| 2.47 acres ||
 * are || a || 100 |||||| 119.60 square yards ||
 * square centimeter || sq cm //or// cm2 || 0.0001 |||||| 0.155 square inch ||

Liters// |||||| //Approximate U.S. Equivalent// || The base for capactiy is a liter. Grams// |||||| //Approximate U.S. Equivalent// || the base for weight is a gram The metric system is very differnt
 * ~ CAPACITY ||
 * //Unit// || //Abbreviation// || //Number of
 * ||  ||   || //cubic// || //dry// || //liquid// ||
 * kiloliter || kl || 1,000 || 1.31 cubic yards ||  ||   ||
 * hectoliter || hl || 100 || 3.53 cubic feet || 2.84 bushels ||  ||
 * dekaliter || dal || 10 || 0.35 cubic foot || 1.14 pecks || 2.64 gallons ||
 * liter || l || 1 || 61.02 cubic inches || 0.908 quart || 1.057 quarts ||
 * cubic decimeter || dm3 || 1 || 61.02 cubic inches || 0.908 quart || 1.057 quarts ||
 * deciliter || dl || 0.10 || 6.1 cubic inches || 0.18 pint || 0.21 pint ||
 * centiliter || cl || 0.01 || 0.61 cubic inch ||  || 0.338 fluid ounce ||
 * milliliter || ml || 0.001 || 0.061 cubic inch ||  || 0.27 fluid dram ||
 * microliter || µl || 0.000001 || 0.000061 cubic inch ||  || 0.00027 fluid dram ||
 * ~ MASS AND WEIGHT ||
 * //Unit// || //Abbreviation// || //Number of
 * metric ton || t || 1,000,000 |||||| 1.102 short tons ||
 * kilogram || kg || 1,000 |||||| 2.2046 pounds ||
 * hectogram || hg || 100 |||||| 3.527 ounces ||
 * dekagram || dag || 10 |||||| 0.353 ounce ||
 * gram || g || 1 |||||| 0.035 ounce ||
 * decigram || dg || 0.10 |||||| 1.543 grains ||
 * centigram || cg || 0.01 |||||| 0.154 grain ||
 * milligram || mg || 0.001 |||||| 0.015 grain ||
 * microgram || µg || 0.000001 |||||| 0.000015 grain ||