Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #5104: Units - Unbelievable! Decimal Unit conversion includes inches!
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-10-27 22:15:42+00:00
State: open
Labels: chrome, win7

Reporter: lisa+khan@bamberger.co.nz

The metric unit of meter, is the international standard for distance. Where we come from there is no such thing as miles per hour, and there hasn't been for 40+ years. Continuing to use this non metric measure has caused big problems in the international scientific community. It doesn’t make sense to continue teaching this.
Please consider removing all references to miles and inches or alternatively, put them in a separate exercise outside the Unit Conversion Exercise, and the challenge badge that this relates to. My children love Khan Academy and would be upset if I interfered with their badge progress. Sincerely Lisa Bamberger, Auckland, New Zealand.

[units.html?seed=179&problem=english](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/units.html?seed=179&problem=english&debug)

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