Weights, Measures and Conversions

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ENGLISH MEASUREMENT EQUIVALENTS
Length English Metric
1 inch (in)
1 foot (ft)
1 yard (yd)
1 mile
1 nautical mi
1 fathom
1 cable

= 12 in
= 3 ft
= 1760yd
= 1.15 mi
= 6 ft
= 200 yd
= 2.54 cm
= 0.30 m
= 0.91 m
= 1.61 km
= 1.85 km
= 1.83 m
= 185.3 m
Capacity      
1 gill
1 pint (pt)
1 quart (qt)
1 gallon (gal)
1 peck
1 bushel
= 5 fl.oz
= 4 gills
= 2 pt
= 8 pt
= 2 gal
= 8 gal
= 0.15 L
= 0.57 L
= 1.14 L
= 4.55 L
= 9.09 L
= 36.4 L
Volume      
1 in3
1 vd3

= 27 ft3
=16.39 cm3
= 0.77 cm3
Velocity      
1 m.p.h.
1 knot
(nautical m.p.h.)
= 1.85 km/h = 1.61 km/h
Area      
1 in2
1 ft2
1 vd2
1 acre

1 mi2

= 144 in2
= 9 ft2
= 4840 yd2

640 acres
= 6.45 cm2
= 0.09 m2
= 0.84 m2
= 4046.86 m2
= 0.40 ha
= 259 ha
Weight (avdp)      
1 grain (gr)
1 dram
1 ounce (oz)
1 pound (lb)
1 stone
1 quarter
1 short cwt
1 long cwt
1 short ton
1 long ton

= 27.34 gr
= 437.5 gr
= 16 oz
= 14 lb
= 2stone
= 100 lb
= 1 12 lb
= 2000 lb
= 2240 lb
= 0.07 g
= 1.77 g
= 29.35 g
= 0.45 kg
= 6.35 kg
= 12.70 kg
= 45.36 kg
= 50 .80 kg
= 0.91 tones
= 1.02 tones
U.S. EQUIVALENTS
Liquid U.S. Metric
1 gill
1 pint
1 quart
1 gallon
= 4 fl.oz
= 4 gills
= 2 pt
= 4 qt
= 0.12 L
= 0.47 L
= 0.95 L
= 3.79 L
Dry      
1 dry pint
1 peck
1 bushel
= 0.97 lmp. pt
= 2 U.S. gal
= B U.S. gal
= 0.55 L
= 8.8 L
= 35.3 L
To Convert From To Multiply By
inches
inches

square inches
square inches

feet
square feet

yards
square yards

ounces (avdp)
troy ounces
pounds (avdp)
centimeters
millimeters

square centimeters
square centimeters

meters
square meters

meters
square meters

grams
grams
kilograms
2.540
25.40

6.452
645.2

0.3048
0.09290

0.9144
0.8361

28.35
31.10
0.4536
To Convert From To Multiply By
long tons metric tons 1.016
short tons metric tons 0.9071
fluid ounces milliliters 29.57
quarts liters 0.9464
gallons liters 3.785
bushels liters 35.24
cubic feet cubic meters 0.02832
cubic yards cubic meters 0.7646
ounces per square yard grams per square meter 33.91

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