Why the Same Object Gives a Different Number with a Different Unit

Think about where you have seen this before. This is why the world settled on shared units. A trade cannot work if my foot is longer than yours. This is worth learning because this is exactly why the world agreed on shared units like inches and feet. Watch for it today, and when you spot it, tell someone what you noticed and how you knew.

Take a deep breath and look at this. Measure a table with your hand and then with a shoe. The hand count will be larger, because hands are smaller and it takes more of them. The table did not change at all.

Smaller units always give bigger numbers, and larger units give smaller numbers. This is why the unit must always be named. Ten of something means nothing until we know ten of what.

Try measuring one table with cubes and then with your hand. Write both numbers and both units. Two different numbers, one unchanged table. That is why nobody should ever report a measurement without saying what they measured with. When you get it right, say thank You to God, who gave you that thinking mind.