WEIGHTS AND MEASURES—U.S. TO METRIC

[Pages:2]WEIGHTS AND MEASURES--U.S. TO METRIC

Length Unit

Mile Rod Yard Foot Inch Area

Unit

Square Mile

Acre

Square Rod

Square Yard

Square Foot

Square Inch

Volume Unit

Cubic Yard

Cubic Foot

Cubic Inch

Mass & Weight Unit

Ton short ton long ton

Hundredweight short hundredweight long hundredweight

Pound Ounce Dram Grain Capacity

Unit Gallon Quart Pint Gill Fluidounce Fluidram Minim

U.S. System

Abbreviation mi rd yd ft or ` in or "

Equivalents in Other Units 5280 feet, 320 rods, 1760 yards 5.50 yards, 16.5 feet 3 feet, 36 inches 12 inches, 0.333 yards 0.083 feet, 0.027 yards

Abbreviation sq mi or m2 a sq rd or rd2 sq yd or yd2 sq ft or ft2 sq in or in2

Equivalents in Other Units 640 acres, 102,400 square rods 4840 square yards, 43,560 square feet 30.25 square yards, 0.006 acres 1296 square inches, 9 square feet 144 square inches, 0.111 square yards 0.007 square feet, 0.00077 square yards

Abbreviation cu yd or yd3 cu ft or ft3 cu in or in3

Equivalents in Other Units 27 cubic feet, 46,656 cubic inches 1728 cubic inches, 0.0370 cubic yards 0.00058 cubic feet, 0.000021 cubic yards

Abbreviation tn (seldom used)

cwt

lb or lb av also # oz or oz av dr or dr av gr

Equivalents in Other Units

20 short hundredweight, 2000 pounds 20 long hundredweight, 2240 pounds

100 pounds, 0.05 short tons 112 pounds, 0.05 long tons 16 ounces, 7000 grains 16 drams, 437.5 grains 27.343 grains, 0.0625 ounces 0.036 drams, 0.002285 ounces

Abbreviation gal qt pt gi fl oz fl dr min

U.S. Liquid Measure 4 quarts (231 cubic inches) 2 pints (57.75 cubic inches) 4 gills (28.875 cubic inches) 4 fluidounces (7.218 cubic inches) 8 fluidrams (1.804 cubic inches) 60 minums (0.225 cubic inches) 1/60 fluidram (0.003759 cubic inches)

Metric Equivalent

1,609 kilometers 5.029 meters 0.914 meters

30,480 centimeters 2.540 centimeters

2,590 square kilometers 0.405 hectares, 4047 square meters

25.293 square meters 0.836 square meters 0.093 square meters 6.451 square centimeters

0.765 cubic meters 0.028 cubic meters 16.387 cubic centimeters

0.907 metric tons 1.016 metric tons

45.359 kilograms 50.802 kilograms

0.453 kilograms 28.349 grams

1.771 grams 0.0648 grams

3.785 liters 0.946 liters 0.473 liters 118.291 milliliters 29.573 milliliters 3.696 milliliters 0.061610 milliliters

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U.S. System (Continued)

Power Unit

Abbreviation

Horsepower

hp

Heat Unit

Abbreviation

British thermal unit

BTU

Pressure or Vacuum Unit

Abbreviation

Pounds per square inch

psi

Torque Unit

Abbreviation

ounce inch

oz/in.

ounce inch

lb/in.

pound foot

lb/ft

Temperature Unit

Abbreviation

Fahrenheit

?F

Metric Equivalent (Continued)

0.746 kilowatt

0.293 watt

6.895 kilopascal

0.007 newton-meters 0.113 newton-meters 1.346 newton-meters

(?F ? 32) 0.556 = ?C

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