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

Mnemonic: convert miles to kilometers

One mile equals 1609 metres or 1.609 kilometers. How can you remember this?

Let's use the mnemonic major system.  Associat the mile-kilometer conversion with some conversion in units of heights. Then think of the following sentence:

What goes up...

Using the major system, we retrieve the value 1609. Make a strong association with this sentence and you will never ever forget the miles to meters conversion rate.