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In the United States, two main systems of measurement are used: the <strong>metric system<\/strong> and the <strong>U.S. customary measurement system<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nIn this section we will explore units for length, weight, and capacity, as well as solve problems that involve converting between different units of length, weight or capacity.","rendered":"<p><strong>Measurement<\/strong> is a number that describes the size or amount of something. You can measure many things like length, area, capacity, weight, temperature and time. In the United States, two main systems of measurement are used: the <strong>metric system<\/strong> and the <strong>U.S. customary measurement system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In this section we will explore units for length, weight, and capacity, as well as solve problems that involve converting between different units of length, weight or capacity.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1058\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Revision and Adaptation. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Units 1 - 8 Developmental Math 2014 An Open Program: Arithmetic, Geometry and Statistics. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Monterey Institute of Technology and Education. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nrocnetwork.org\/dm-opentext\">http:\/\/nrocnetwork.org\/dm-opentext<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":21,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Units 1 - 8 Developmental Math 2014 An Open Program: Arithmetic, Geometry and Statistics\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Monterey Institute of Technology and Education\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/nrocnetwork.org\/dm-opentext\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Revision and Adaptation\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"8e7cab5b-e00f-450a-b52a-4a56396ebe82","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1058","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":658,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2952,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1058\/revisions\/2952"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/658"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1058\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}