> because Brits have a very solid understand of metric As an American, I was taught metric in elementary school 30 years ago. It's used throughout education fo

> because Brits have a very solid understand of metric As an American, I was taught metric in elementary school 30 years ago. It's used throughout education for science classes. I can't imagine there's many Americans who don't understand the metric system. We just don't use it for anything outside the sciences, for whatever reason.