Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Mnemonic for 1 mile = 1.6093 km

If you live in Europe, you'll be annoyed with the usage of the mile in American texts. This article explains a mnemonic to remember the value of a mile:
1 mile = 1.6093 km
or 1 mile = 1609.3 m.

Mnemonic

How to remember? Use the major system. Remember the keyword:

Tag spam

Make the following association. You hate receiving emails where miles are used instead of kilometers. So, you set up your spam software that when you see the word MILE -> TAG SPAM!

Using the mnemonic major system on the consonants:
  • T -> 1
  • G -> 6
  • S -> 0
  • P -> 9
  • M -> 3

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