Arithmetic = A Metric Hit
Imperial units get booed; metric units, with their tidy powers of ten, are a hit. (An anagram.)
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[Title] "ARITHMETIC = A METRIC HIT"
"1 mile = 320 rods = 1760 yards = 5280 feet = 63,360 inches" [crowd: "Boo!" "Hiss!" "Ugh!"] "1 km = 1000 m = 100,000 cm = 1,000,000 mm" [crowd: "Yes!" "Swoon!" "Yay metric!"]
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