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The document provides information on units of measurement used in the U.S. customary system and metric system. It lists common units for length, weight, area, volume, and time. It also includes conversions between units in the two systems, such as 1 inch being equal to 2.54 centimeters and 1 mile equaling 1.61 kilometers. Prefixes used in the metric system are defined with their associated powers of 10.

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Unit Conversion PDF

The document provides information on units of measurement used in the U.S. customary system and metric system. It lists common units for length, weight, area, volume, and time. It also includes conversions between units in the two systems, such as 1 inch being equal to 2.54 centimeters and 1 mile equaling 1.61 kilometers. Prefixes used in the metric system are defined with their associated powers of 10.

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MEASURES (ENGLISH, METRIC, AND EQUIVALENTS)

UNITS OF LENGTH IN THE U.S. SYSTEM UNITS OF LENGTH IN THE METRIC SYSTEM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM CONVERSIONS FOR

LENGTH

1 foot (ft) = 12 inches (in) 1,000 millimeters (mm) = 1 meter


1 yard (yd) = 3 feet (ft) 100 centimeters (cm) = 1 meter 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
1 yard (yd) = 36 inches (in) 10 decimeters (dm) = 1 meter 1 meter  3.28 feet
1 mile (mi) = 5,280 feet (ft) 1 dekameter (dam) = 10 meters 1 mile  1.61 km
1 hectometer (hm) = 100 meters 1 foot  0.30 meters (m)
1 kilometer (km) = 1000 meters 1 yard  0.91 meters
1 km  0.62 mi

UNITS OF WEIGHT IN THE U.S. SYSTEM UNITS OF WEIGHT IN THE METRIC SYSTEM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM CONVERSIONS FOR

WEIGHT

1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz) 1 gram  the weight of a paper clip


1 ton (T) = 2,000 pounds (lb) 1 gram  the weight of a raisin 1 ounce  28.3 grams
1 gram = 1,000 milligrams (mg) 1 pound  0.45 kg
1 gram = 100 centigrams (cg)
1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams
1 metric ton (t) = 1,000 kilograms

UNITS OF AREA IN THE U.S. SYSTEM UNITS OF AREA IN THE METRIC SYSTEM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM CONVERSIONS FOR AREA

1 cmଶ  100 mmଶ 1 in  6.45 cm


2 2 2 2
1 square foot (ft ) = 144 square inches (in )
2 2
1 square yard (yd ) = 9 square feet (ft ) 1 dmଶ  100 cmଶ 1 m  1.196 yd
2 2
2
1 acre = 43,560 square feet (ft ) 1 mଶ  100 dmଶ 1 ha  2.47 acres
2
1 square mile (mi ) = 640 acres 1 are a  100 mଶ
1 hectare ha  100 a

UNITS OF VOLUME IN THE U.S. SYSTEM UNITS OF VOLUME IN THE METRIC SYSTEM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM CONVERSIONS FOR

VOLUME
3 3 3
1 cubic foot (ft ) = 1,728 cubic inches (in ) 1 cc = 1 cm
1 in  16.39 mL
3 3 3 3
1 cubic yard (yd ) = 27 cubic feet (ft ) 1 milliliter (mL) = 1 cm
1 liter  1.06 qt
3
1 cord = 128 cubic feet (ft ) 1 liter (L) = 1,000 millimeters (mL)
1 hectoliter (hL) = 100 liters (mL) 1 gallon  3.79 liters
1 m  35.31 ft
3 3
1 kiloliter (kL) = 1,000 liters (L)
1 quart  0.95 L

UNITS OF FLUID VOLUME IN THE U.S. SYSTEM UNITS OF TIME IN BOTH SYSTEMS SYSTEM TO SYSTEM CONVERSIONS FOR

TEMPERATURE

1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons 1 millisecond = 1,000 microseconds


1 fl oz = 2 tablespoons 1 second =1,000 milliseconds 5
1 cup (c) = 8 fluid ounces (fl oz) 1 minute = 60 seconds
     9   32
1 pint (pt) = 2 cups (c) 1 hour = 60 minutes
1 quart (qt) = 2 pints (pt) 1 day  24 hours 9
     5   32
1 gallon (gal) = 4 quarts (qt) 1 month  30 days
1 gallon (gal) = 128 fluid ounces (fl oz) 1 year  365 days
1 banking year = 360 days

METRIC PREFIXES

gram (g)
giga- mega- kilo- hector- deka- deci- cent- milli- micro- nano-
meter (m)
(G-) (M-) (k-) (h-) (da-, D-) (d-) (c-) (m-) (µ-) (n-)
liter (L)
9 6 3 2 1 -1 -2 -3 -6 -9
10 10 10 10 10 1 10 10 10 10 10

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