Metric conversion system

Nikar2 SG · 2006-09-16T23:32:12+00:00

thanks a lot, Rock! see you, nikar.

Nikar2 SG

hi all,

for those of you who're familar with the US Imperial Metric Measurement System(Yards, Feet, Inch etc.), here's a question :

170 cm is 5.57 feet.

When we write it out in quotation marks, is it written as 5' 57"?
Or is it written as 5'5' 7"? Or maybe 5' 5"7"?

Thanks!
nikar.

gentlerock SG

Hello,

In the US system, X' Y" means X feet Y inches.

So you have to convert to feet-inches first.

If you have to be very accurate, you have to write 5.57 feet.

Nikar2 SG

thanks gentlerock!

yeah, i know the format is X feet and Y inches, but if it's 5 feet and 5.7 inches, can we write it in the X-feet and Y-inches format(instead of using decimal symbols)?

like maybe 5' 5'7"?

thanks! Smile

gentlerock SG

Hi again,

Um....nay, never heard of it.

Usually people just write "3.048 feet".

aku1b0d0 SG

5'5.7"?

i think it would be x'y.y"

Ponders SG

5.57 feet

would be like 5' 7".

but anymore accurate.. you either 5.57 feet,

or 5 and 5/8th.

Nikar2 SG

thanks a lot, Rock! Smile

see you,
nikar.