Should America Switch To The Metric System Essay

A total of one hundred ninety-six countries (One-hundred ninety-five, if people don’t include Taiwan) in the world and they all use the metric system, except Burma, Liberia, and the United States. Gabriel Mouton is the “father” of the International System of Units because he proposed the idea of the decimal system of measurement in 1670. The decimal system was an easy concept to comprehend, and throughout many years scientists would revise his work and make it better. During the French Revolution in 1790, the National Assembly of France requested the French Academy of Sciences to create a new system of measurements that would form a base standard for all measurements. The academy used Mouton’s ideas for inspirations for new calculations. They later produced a new system that was easier to understand and more scientific. The world eventually adopted the metric system as the "official measurement" and would use it except for three countries. America uses the standard system instead of the metric system. America interacts with many countries by exporting and importing goods, but America and other nations use different measurements, and lots of conversions must take place. America should switch to the metric system, because of how simple it …show more content…
The metric system is simple because all of it's units multiples and submultiples being divisible by the power of ten. America has the problem of doing the conversions, and it would be much easier to adopt the metric system. The metric system is already in use in America by scientists, local car mechanics, teachers, students, engineers, and doctors. The metric system is simpler than the customary units system, and America can change its units of measurement, but only if the American people try learning and applying the metric