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
