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All about Units
| With this section, we try to help you win the battle with the different Unit Systems,
in particular the Metric and U.S. Customary system. If you are interested to learn more about metric units,
visit our page about units of the international system. |
Equivalent Units
U.S.
CUSTOMARY SYSTEM / METRIC SYSTEM
|
| UNIT |
RELATIONS
TO
OTHER U.S.
CUSTOMARY UNITS |
METRIC
EQUIVALENT |
| LENGTH |
| Inch |
1/12 foot |
25.4
millimeters |
| Foot |
12 inches or
1/3 yard |
0.3048 meter |
| Yard |
36 inches
or
3 feet |
0.9144 meter |
| Rod |
16-1/2 feet
or 1/8 mile |
5.0292 meter |
| Furlong |
220 yards
or 1/8 mile |
0.2012
kilometers |
| Mile
(statute) |
5,280 feet
or 1,760 yards |
1.6093
kilometers |
| Mile
(nautical) |
6,076 feet
or 2,025 yards |
1.852
kilometers |
|
VOLUME
OR CAPACITY (LIQUID MEASURE)
|
| Ounce |
1/16 pint |
29.574
milliliters |
| Gill |
4 ounces |
0.1183 liter |
| Pint |
16 ounces |
0.4732 liter |
| Quart |
2 pints or
1/4 gallon |
0.9463 liter |
| Gallon |
128 ounces
or 8 pints |
3.7854
liters |
| Barrel
of wine |
31-1/2
gallons |
119.24
liters |
| Barrel
of beer |
36 gallons |
136.27
liters |
| Barrel
of oil |
42 gallons |
158.99
lit |
|
VOLUME OR CAPACITY (DRY MEASURE) |
| Pint |
1/2 quart |
0.5506 liter |
| Quart |
2 pints |
1.1012
liters |
| Peck |
8 quarts or
1/4 bushel |
8.8098
liters |
| Bucket |
2 pecks |
17.620
liters |
| Bushel |
2 buckets or
4 pecks |
35.239
liters |
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WEIGHT
|
| Grain |
1/7000 pound |
64.799
milligrams |
| Dram |
1/16 ounce |
1.7718 grams |
| Ounce |
16 drams |
28.350 grams |
| Pound |
16 ounces |
453.6 grams |
| Ton
(Short) |
2,000 pounds |
907.18
kilograms |
| Ton
(Long) |
2,240 pounds |
1,016.0
kilograms |
| GEOGRAPHIC
AREA |
| Acre |
4,840 Square
yards |
4,047 square
meters |
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