Delta-K,  Feature Articles,  Volume 13, Issue 2

Inching our way toward the metric system

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 13 Issue 2, February 1974

9 – 15

Inching our way toward the metric system

The Mathematics Teacher

“What is heavier, a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?” “They both weigh the same,” answers the bright child in whom we have carefully nurtured logical thinking.