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This unit covers all of the problems that we encounter in everyday situations concerned with using units. Although in this country we are now using a metric system, there are some non-metric units still in use, and we sometimes need to be able to convert from one to another.
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© 1990 G. D. Buckwell and A. D. Ball
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Buckwell, G.D., Ball, A.D. (1990). Units of Measurement and the Metric System. In: Making Use of Mathematics for GCSE. Macmillan Work Out Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10455-0_3
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