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It seems like you never need to know how to convert cups into gallons or Fahrenheit into Celsius unless you are in a situation with no calculator or internet to look it up. This section of edufunzone will help you brush up on standard conversions. Most of the formulas are simple and if you practice with the free games, you should be a walking conversion calculator in no time.
With the global marketplace growing, it's getting more common to hear temperatures read in Celsius. For Americans this is confusing because the United Status is one of the few places on the planet that still uses the Fahrenheit scale. The conversion formulas for converting Fahrenheit to Celsius (and vice versa) are not obvious. Fortunately they are not that difficult either. The formulas break down to basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. A calculator will help, but it's not necessary.
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Play Measurement Mania!
Learn how to convert inches into feet, feet into yard, and back again. Or if the metric system is more your cup of tea, work on converting millimeters to centimeters, centimeters to meters, and so on. |
If you think about it, units of measurement had to be one of the earliest tools invented by humans. Primitive societies needed basic measures for many things: building, making clothing, or even just bartering food or raw materials.
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