Imperial Measurements
Jan 9th 2013, 1:49 pm
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Re: Imperial Measurements
Jan 9th 2013, 1:54 pm
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Re: Imperial Measurements
Me too, ..... and me neither - I struggled enough to get my A level in Physics using metric, but I consider my B grade to be one of my greatest academic achievements.
Jan 9th 2013, 1:57 pm
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Re: Imperial Measurements
There's always an easy enough conversion factor to apply.
Jan 9th 2013, 1:58 pm
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Jan 10th 2013, 9:00 am
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Re: Imperial Measurements
Jan 11th 2013, 6:39 am
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Re: Imperial Measurements
Jan 11th 2013, 3:37 pm
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Re: Imperial Measurements
but I can't visualise a gallon, a gallon of milk sounds like I should be getting it at a petrol station. Now a pint of milk I am ok with or two pints (a rectangle) or 4 pints (the square one) but what have pints got to do with gallons and where do 'cups' come into it?
Jan 11th 2013, 3:46 pm
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Re: Imperial Measurements
I get that it's a quart(er) even though they teach my poor boy to say fourths but I can't visualise a gallon, a gallon of milk sounds like I should be getting it at a petrol station. Now a pint of milk I am ok with or two pints (a rectangle) or 4 pints (the square one) but what have pints got to do with gallons and where do 'cups' come into it?
but I can't visualise a gallon, a gallon of milk sounds like I should be getting it at a petrol station. Now a pint of milk I am ok with or two pints (a rectangle) or 4 pints (the square one) but what have pints got to do with gallons and where do 'cups' come into it?A US pint is 2 cups, or 16 fluid ounces. The cup doesn't exist as a measurement in the UK, and there, one pint is 20 fl oz. I think a UK fluid ounce is a bit bigger too.
A UK pint us 568ml, whereas a US one is 473 so a gallon of milk in the US is a wee bit smaller than eight UK pints (4.5 l approx). A litre is a litre the world over.
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Jan 11th 2013, 3:55 pm
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Re: Imperial Measurements
Eight pints to the gallon. One quart is two pints.
A US pint is 2 cups, or 16 fluid ounces. The cup doesn't exist as a measurement in the UK, and there, one pint is 20 fl oz. I think a UK fluid ounce is a bit bigger too.
A UK pint us 568ml, whereas a US one is 473 so a gallon of milk in the US is a wee bit smaller than eight UK pints (4.5 l approx). A litre is a litre the world over.
Fun, eh?
A US pint is 2 cups, or 16 fluid ounces. The cup doesn't exist as a measurement in the UK, and there, one pint is 20 fl oz. I think a UK fluid ounce is a bit bigger too.
A UK pint us 568ml, whereas a US one is 473 so a gallon of milk in the US is a wee bit smaller than eight UK pints (4.5 l approx). A litre is a litre the world over.
Fun, eh?
Jan 11th 2013, 3:56 pm
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Re: Imperial Measurements
4 bushels = 1 coomb.
Jan 11th 2013, 4:01 pm
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