10/10 and the Metric Week
Photo courtesy of Miss Colleen Today is 10th of October or 10/10. As we know, the metric system is based on number 10. Thus, the week ending today has been designated as the metric week. . The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) started the National Metric Week tradition in 1976. Please read a little bit more about the history of the Metric Week here . You could celebrate the Metric Week doing some metric units puzzles and quizzes . Here's a link to postal stamps and cards celebrating the metric system . NCTM has tons of related resources so I'll mainly point you there. I grew up using the metric system, and so I've actually had to learn the imperial system while authoring math materials. These days, it seems, I know the U.S. system better than the people around me... But the metric is sure easier, as far as calculations and conversions go, since you just have to remember it goes by 10s. In fact, to fully operate in this world, it seems it's best to know...