Detail on Measurement

1. Detail on Measurement

2. The Important Stuff 2.2lbs = 1kg 5miles = 8km 1inch = 2.5cm 1 foot = 30cm 1¾ pints = 1litre 1 gallon = 4.5litres (or 11 gallons = 50litres) Also… 1 litre = 1000cm3 1000kg = 1 tonne (not ‘ton’, note later)

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

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

5. x 16 x 14 x 8 x 20 Imperial Weight (mass really) Ounce (oz) Pound (lb) Stone (st) Hundredweight (cwt) Ton (t) c = 100 1 ton = 2240lbs 1 tonne = 1000kg Actually 112lbs Given that 1kg is actually 2.2046lbs, which is bigger: a ton or a tonne?

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

7. x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 2 x 2 Money. Now then… Today we use ‘new pence’ because there used to be ‘old pence’. However, it wasn’t pence, it was ‘penny’s’. It wasn’t ‘p’ (as in 5p), it was ‘d’ (as in 12d) (Yes, even though it was pence, or penny’s) Furthermore… A pound note was 240d or 20/- or 8 half crowns. 1 shilling was 12 pence (12d) or 5 new pence A guinea was 21 shillings (£1.05 new) Farthing (¼d) Half-penny (½d, Ha’penny) Penny (1d) Three-penny-bit (3d, Thr’pennybit, Thr’penny Joe) Six-penny-bit (6d, a Tanner) Shilling (1/-, a Bob) Two Shilling (2/-, a Florin) Half-crown (2/6) Crown (5/-) Ten Shilling Note (10/-, Ten Bob Note) Pound Note (£, Nicker) Two shillings & sixpence (2/6)!

8. 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!

9. 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 Imperial Metric Imperial Metric Imperial Metric

10. The last slide All this and we didn’t even get to mention Rods, Poles, Perches, Bushells, Pecks, Ells, Cubits, Acres, Troys, Quadrapods, and Gills! Minutes and seconds are just measurements of time? No. They are also measurements of angle: 1 minute = 1/60th of a degree 1 second = 1/60th of a minute 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)

11. Answers to the Questions A ton is equivalent to 1016kg, 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.