American and Metric Units of Measure - Lane Community College
Math 60 ? Beginning Algebra (after Blitzer section 1.2)
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American and Metric Units of Measure
American Units
Length 12 inches = 1 foot 3 feet = 1 yard 5280 feet = 1 mile
Weight 16 ounces = 1 pound 2000 pounds = 1 ton
Volume/Capacity 8 ounces = 1 cup 2 cups = 1 pint 2 pints = 1 quart 4 quarts = 1 gallon
Metric Units
Length 1000 millimeters = 1 meter 100 centimeters = 1 meter 1000 meters = 1 kilometer
Mass 1000 milligrams = 1 gram 1000 grams = 1 kilogram
Volume/Capacity 1000 milliliters = 1 liter 1 milliliter = 1 cubic centimeter
Conversions Between American and Metric Units
Length 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters 1 mile 1.61 kilometers
Weight/Mass 1 kilogram 2.2 pounds
Volume/Capacity 1 quart 946 milliliters
Common abbreviations
American length in ? inch ft ? foot yd ? yard mi ? mile
American weight oz ? ounce lb ? pound t ? ton
American volume pt ? pint qt ? quart gal ? gallon
Metric m ? meter g ? gram l ? liter
Prefixes k (kilo ? x1000) d (deci ? /10) c (centi ? /100) m (milli ? /1000)
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