Introduction
Whoops! It's a bad day at the office when your tortoise escapes! It's even worse when you don't have the correct measuring tape or your plane makes an emergency landing from lack of fuel. Answer these questions about our conversion mistakes article so these things don't happen to YOU.
Task
Read the article found here: Unit Mixups – US Metric Association (usma.org) Answer the questions under Evaluations.
Process
1. Who is the publisher? WHY do you think they wrote this article?
2. Which event had the smallest repercussions?
3. Which event had the largest repercussions?
4. Can you see a day when America might convert entirely to the metric system? Why or why not?
Evaluation
3 Points - Justified answer, no spelling or grammar errors
2 Points - Answer partially justified, few spelling or grammar errors
1 Points - Answer attempted
0 Points - No effort
Conclusion
In construction, a rule of thumb is measure twice, cut once. In math, check your work!