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Weights and Measures
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Weight |
| 1 foot = 12 inches |
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1 pound = 16 ounces |
| 1 yard = 3 feet |
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1 hundredweight = 100 pounds |
| 1 statute or land mile = 5,280 |
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1 ton = 20 hundredweights |
| 1 nautical mile = 6,076.12 feet |
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1 short ton = 2,000 pounds |
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| Area |
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Liquid Measure |
| 1 square foot = 144 square inches |
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1 quart = 2 pints |
| 1 square yard = 9 square feet |
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1 gallon = 4 quarts |
| 1 square rod = 30.25 square yards |
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| 1 acre = 160 square rods |
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| 1 square mile = 640 acres |
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British
Standard Measures
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| Length |
Weight |
| 1 chain = 66 feet |
1 stone = 14 pounds |
| 1 hand = 4 inches |
1 gross hundredweight = 112 pounds |
| 1 mile = 1.609 kilometers |
1 net hundredweight = 100 pounds |
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| Volume |
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| 1 fluid ounce (Br.) = 0.96 fluid ounces (U.S.) |
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| 1 quart (Br.) = 1.2 liquid quarts (U.S.) |
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| 1 gallon (Br.) = 1.2 gallons (U.S.) |
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Metric
Measures and Equivalents
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| Distance |
Weight |
| 1 centimeter = 0.3937 inch |
1 gram = .04 ounce |
| 1 meter = 39.37 inches |
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds |
| 1 kilometer = 0.621 mile |
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| Area |
Liquid Measure |
| 1 sq. centimeter = 0.155 sq. inch |
1 gram = 15.432 grains |
| 1 sq. meter = 10.764 sq. feet |
1 liter = 1.057 quarts |
| 1 hectare = 2,471 acres |
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| Volume |
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| 1 cubic centimeter = 1,000 cubic millimeters |
| 1 cubic decimeter = 1,000 cubic centimeters |
| 1 cubic meter = 1,000 cubic decimeters |
| 1 cubic meter = 35.3 cubic feet |
Temperature
Conversion ºCelsius—ºFahreinheit |
(Fº -32) x 0.56 = Cº (Cº x
1.8) + 32 = Fº |
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