Feature Articles,  Monograph,  No. 3,  Publications

28 g of Prevention is Worth 0.454 kg of Cure

Monograph No. 3: June 1975

METRIFICATION – ACTIVITIES, RELATIONSHIPS, and HUMOR

Publication of the Mathematics Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association

23 – 32

28 g of Prevention is Worth 0.454 kg of Cure

James M. Sherrill

In January, 1970, Ottawa published the White Paper on Metric Conversion in Canada. Most people are aware of the conversion, but not that Canada is in its sixth year of metric conversion. It is usually the fifth, sixth or even the
seventh year before the general public becomes consciously aware of a country converting to the metric system.