What are imperial measurements?

Narrator: We all learn how to use metric measurements.

But before metric measurements were invented, we used the imperial system.

We still use some of those measurements.

For instance, how tall is this builder? six feet?

Of course that doesn't mean he has six feet.

It means he's six feet tall, which is an old way of measuring length. Feet and inches.

We can also measure him using centimetres.

Six feet is the same as 183 centimetres.

Now let's see how much he weighs in pounds, the imperial measure for weight.

A pound is just under half a kilo, so this builder weighs 185 pounds.

Builder: Can we please use the metric system?

Narrator: All right… In kilos this is 84 kilos.

Builder: Phew…