What is 6.2' in feet and inches? How many feet and inches is 143 inches? How many inches is 9'3"? What is one third of 5'7"?
How many yards are in a mile? How many feet are 1/5th a mile? 1/4th? How many feet is 4.27 miles?
What is 10% of 8'3"?
All of these are questions that take some thinking, but compare them to the metric equivalents.
How many centimeters is 2.2 meters? How's many metres is 143 centimeters? How many centimeters is 2.83 meters? What is one third of 153 centimeters?
How's many meters are in a kilometer? How's many meters are in 1/5th kilometer? 1/4th? How many meters is 4.27 kilometers?
What is 10% of 830 centimeters?
Every one is significantly easier