How can we help our students memorize that there are twelve inches in a foot? Students often have a hard time memorizing simple units of measurement, especially when they've been "trained" in the base ten world! We know that when students link concepts with stories, they remember information better. For those of you who are familiar with the Story of the Metric King, meet the prequel, "The Twelve-Toed King"- a PowerPoint story of how we came to use this silly system that begins with inches and f