I was at the supermarket recently when I took note of something my eyes had passed thousands of times before. The cans of my favorite sodas were 12 ounces, while the bottles were 2 liters.

Units from the metric system can be used to describe the mass, volume or length of an object. Mass is measured in grams (g) and kilograms (kg). Volume is measured in millilitres (ml) and litres (l ...

So what’s with those two-liter bottles of soda? First, a clarification: Soda is far from the only substance we measure in metric units. Heck, it’s not even the only beverage.

Understanding litre to gallon conversion is important. There are two types of gallons: US and Imperial. To convert litres to US gallons, multiply by 0.264172. For Imperial gallons, multiply by 0. ...

Excel can streamline your global activities if you set up functions to convert metric to American Standard, and dollars to euros.

U.S. Metric Association President Donald Hillger would like to think that his advocacy group had something to do with Chafee's call for metric.

Units from the metric system can be used to describe the mass, volume or length of an object. Mass is measured in grams (g) and kilograms (kg). Volume is measured in millilitres (ml) and litres (l ...