The Steps


Intro:
Before you begin
Skill 1:
Know your distance
Skill 2:
Know your weights
Skill 3:
Know your volumes
Skill 4:
Know your temperatures
Skill 5:
Know your areas
Skill 6:
Know your nautical measurements
Skill 7:
Know how to improvise measures with nearby objects
Skill 8:
Know your abbreviations
Skill 9:
Know where to find exact measurements when you need them



Helpful Tips


centi- means 1/100. A centimeter is one hundredth of a meter.

 

 

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Skill 4: Know your temperatures

Fahrenheit and Celsius are the units of temperature in U.S. and metric systems respectively. Note that the term Celsius has replaced the term Centigrade.

     
  • Estimate Celsius: subtract Fahrenheit degrees by 32 and divide by two.

     

  • Estimate Fahrenheit: multiply Celsius degrees by two and add 32.

    Here are some familiar points on the scale:

     

    Water freezes: 0 degrees Celsius, or 32 degrees Fahrenheit

    Water boils:100 degrees Celsius, or 212 degrees Fahrenheit

    Normal body temperature: 37 degrees Celsius, or 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit

    Comfortable room temperature: 20-25 degrees Celsius, or 68-77 degrees Fahrenheit

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