Why does America use feet for measurement instead of meters?

That's a habit we got from England who was our colonial masters in the 18th century. I suppose we could blame the English. read more

Best Answer: Not so weird considering that the US is pretty much the only country that uses miles, feet, inches, etc. as the primary units of measure. read more

The U.S. Customary System of measurement is derived from the English units of measurement that later became the British Imperial System of measurement. However nearly all areas of American science and medicine use metric measurements; many areas of American industry also use metric depending on the measurements used on their tools/materials. read more

Many Americans in many contexts will combine feet and inches for individual measurements, a person’s height being a very common example, instead of just using feet and a decimal number with a fractional part. read more