Customary System of Measurement in which 12 inches is equal to 1 foot and 3 feet are equal to 1 yard, the metric system is structured so that the units within the system get larger or smaller by a pow...Customary System of Measurement in which 12 inches is equal to 1 foot and 3 feet are equal to 1 yard, the metric system is structured so that the units within the system get larger or smaller by a power of 10. Despite President Ronald Reagan dissolving the board in 1982, effectively killing the move to the metric system at the time, Antoine continued the movement out of her own home as the executive director of the U.S.
