Ancient & Body Measures
In ancient Babylonian and Egyptian systems, this unit was defined as the width of a finger
digit
King Henry I of England standardized this unit as the distance from his nose to his thumb
yard
The metric system originated during the late 18th century in this country
France
In the metric system, this unit is the standard base unit for measuring length
meter
In the English linear measurement system, one yard equals this exact number of inches
36
In the traditional Philippine measurement system, one dipa is equivalent to this number of cubits
4
King Edward II defined an inch as the combined length of this many barley grains
3
Established in 1960, the modern metric system is officially known by these two abbreviation letters
SI
In the metric system, this unit is the standard base unit for measuring mass
kilogram
In standard measurement conversions, one inch equals exactly this many centimeters
2.54
In ancient times, this linear unit was measured by the span of a person's forearm
cubit
King Henry VII defined one pound as the weight of this exact number of dried wheat grains
7000
In 1971, the total number of base units in the International System expanded to this number
7
Converting 3 meters into millimeters results in this exact number of millimeters
3,000
In English measures of volume, one gallon contains this many cups
16
Derived from the term moonth, this unit of time was based on the period between full moons
month
Issued by President Marcos, this Presidential Decree prescribed metrication in the Philippines
PD 187
In the SI system, the candela is the standard base unit used to measure this physical property
luminous intensity
Converting 6 kilograms into grams yields this exact number of grams
6,000
To convert a temperature reading from Celsius to Kelvin, you add this exact number
273.15
The word "measure" comes from the Latin mensura and metron in this ancient language
Greek
Batas Pambansa Bilang 8 set full metric conversion in the Philippines to start in this year
1983
This mathematician headed the French Academy of Sciences committee that created the metric system
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Converting 1 liter into milliliters yields this exact number of milliliters
1,000
In traditional English time measurements, this term represents a period of 20 years
score