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Common Equivalent Weights & Measures
| Units |
Metric Equivalent |
US Equivalent |
| acre |
0.404 685 64 hectares |
43,560 feet^2 |
| acre |
4,046.8564 meters^2 |
4,840 yards^2 |
| acre |
0.004 046 856 4 kilometers^2
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0.001 562 5 miles^2, statute
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| are |
100 meters^2 |
119.599 yards^2 |
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| barrel: petroleum, US |
158.987 29 liters |
42 gallons |
| barrel: proof spirits, US |
151.416 47 liters |
40 gallons |
| barrel: beer, US |
117.347 77 liters |
31 gallons |
| bushel |
35.239 07 liters |
4 pecks |
| cable |
219.456 meters |
120 fathoms |
| chain: surveyor's |
20.116 8 meters |
66 feet |
| cord: wood |
3.624 556 meters^3 |
128 feet^3 |
| cup |
0.236 588 2 liters |
8 ounces, liquid (US) |
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degrees
Celsius: |
water boils at 100 degrees C,
freezes at 0 degrees C |
(US) multiply by 1.8 and add 32
to obtain degrees F |
degrees
Fahrenheit: |
water boils at 212 degrees F, freezes
at 32 degrees F
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subtract 32 and divide by 1.8 to obtain
degrees C |
| dram: avdp. |
1.771 845 2 grams |
0.0625 5 ounces, avdp. |
| dram: troy |
3.887 934 6 grams |
0.125 ounces, troy |
| dram: liquid, US |
3.696 69 milliliters |
0.125 ounces, liquid |
| fathom |
1.828 8 meters |
6 feet |
| foot |
30.48 centimeters |
12 inches |
| foot |
0.304 8 meters |
0.333 333 3 yards |
| foot |
0.000 304 8 kilometers |
0.000 189 39 miles, statute |
| foot^2 |
929.030 4 centimeters^2 |
144 inches^2 |
| foot^2 |
0.092 903 04 meters^2 |
0.111 111 1 yards^2 |
| foot^3 |
28.316 846 592 liters |
7.480 519 gallons |
| foot^3 |
0.028 316 847 meters^3 |
1,728 inches^3 |
| furlong |
201.168 meters |
220 yards |
| gallon: liquid, US |
3.785 411 784 liters |
4 quarts, liquid |
| gill: US |
118.294 118 milliliters |
4 ounces, liquid |
| grain |
64.798 91 milligrams |
0.002 285 71 ounces, advp. |
| gram |
1,000 milligrams |
0.035 273 96 ounces, advp. |
| hand: height of horse |
10.16 centimeters |
4 inches |
| hectare |
10,000 meters^2 |
2.471 053 8 acres |
| hundredweight: long |
50.802 345 kilograms |
112 pounds, avdp. |
| hundredweight: short |
45.359 237 kilograms |
100 pounds, avdp. |
| inch |
2.54 centimeters |
0.083 333 33 feet |
| inch^2 |
6.451 6 centimeters^2 |
0.006 944 44 feet^2 |
| inch^3 |
16.387 064 centimeters^3 |
0.000 578 7 feet^3 |
| inch^3 |
16.387 064 milliliters |
0.029 761 6 pints, dry |
| inch^3 |
16.387 064 milliliters |
0.034 632 0 pints, liquid |
| kilogram |
0.001 tons, metric |
2.204 623 pounds, avdp. |
| kilometer |
1,000 meters |
0.621 371 19 miles, statute |
| kilometer^2 |
100 hectares |
247.105 38 acres |
| kilometer^2 |
1,000,000 meters^2 |
0.386 102 16 miles^2, statute |
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| knot: 1 nautical mi/hr |
1.852 kilometers/hour |
1.151 statute miles/hour |
| league: nautical |
5.559 552 kilometers |
3 miles, nautical |
| league: statute |
4.828.032 kilometers |
3 miles, statute |
| link: surveyor's |
20.116 8 centimeters |
7.92 inches |
| liter |
0.001 meters^3 |
61.023 74 inches^3 |
| liter |
0.1 dekaliter |
0.908 083 quarts, dry |
| liter |
1,000 milliliters |
1.056 688 quarts, liquid |
| meter |
100 centimeters |
1.093 613 yards |
| meter^2 |
10,000 centimeters^2 |
1.195 990 yards^2 |
| meter^3 |
1,000 liters |
1.307 951 yards^3 |
| micron |
0.000 001 meter |
0.000 039 4 inches |
| mil |
0.025 4 millimeters |
0.001 inch |
| mile: nautical |
1.852 kilometers |
1.150 779 4 miles, statute |
| mile^2, nautical |
3.429 904 kilometers^2 |
1.325 miles^2, statute |
| mile: statute |
1.609 344 kilometers |
5,280 feet or 8 furlongs |
| mile^2: statute |
258.998 811 hectares |
640 acres or 1 section |
| mile^2: statute |
2.589 988 11 kilometers^2 |
0.755 miles^2, nautical |
| minim: US |
0.061 611 52 milliliters |
0.002 083 33 ounces, liquid or one-sixtieth of a dram |
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| ounce: avdp. |
28.349 523 125 grams |
437.5 grains |
| ounce: liquid, US |
29.573 53 milliliters |
0.062 5 pints, liquid |
| ounce: troy |
31.103 476 8 grams |
480 grains |
| pace |
76.2 centimeters |
30 inches |
| peck |
8.809 767 5 liters |
8 quarts, dry |
| pennyweight |
1.555 173 84 grams |
24 grains |
| pint, dry: US |
0.550 610 47 liters |
0.5 quarts, dry |
| pint, liquid: US |
0.473 176 473 liters |
0.5 quarts, liquid |
| point: typographical |
0.351 459 8 millimeters |
0.013 837 inches |
| pound: avdp |
453.592 37 grams |
16 ounces, avdp |
| pound: troy |
373.241 721 6 grams |
12 ounces, troy |
| quart: dry, US |
1.101 221 liters |
2 pints, dry |
| quart: liquid, US |
0.946 352 946 liters |
2 pints, liquid |
| quintal |
100 kilograms |
220.462 26 pounds, avdp. |
| rod |
5.029 2 meters |
5.5 yards |
| scruple |
1.295 978 2 grams |
20 grains |
| section: US |
2.589 988 1 kilometers^2 |
1 mile^2, statute or 640 acres |
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| span |
22.86 centimeters |
9 inches |
| stere |
1 meter^3 |
1.307 95 yards^3 |
| tablespoon |
14.786 76 milliliters |
3 teaspoons |
| teaspoon |
4.928 922 milliliters |
0.333 333 tablespoons |
| ton: long or deadweight |
1,016.046 909 kilograms |
2,240 pounds, avdp. |
| ton: metric |
1,000 kilograms |
2,204.623 pounds, avdp. |
| ton: metric |
1,000 kilograms |
32,150.75 ounces, troy |
| ton: register |
2.831 684 7 meters^3 |
100 feet^3 |
| ton: short |
907.184 74 kilograms |
2,000 pounds, avdp. |
| township: US |
93.239 572 kilometers^2 |
36 miles^2, statute |
| yard |
0.914 4 meters |
3 feet |
| yard^2 |
0.836 127 36 meters^2 |
9 feet^2 |
| yard^3 |
0.764 554 86 meters^3 |
27 feet^3 |
| yard^3 |
764.554 857 984 liters |
201.974 gallons |
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