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SCIENCE
U.S. Customary Units
Length
1 foot (ft) = 12 inches (in)
Weight
1 ounce (oz) = 0.0625 pounds (lb)
1 yard (yd) = 3 feet (ft) = 36 inches (in)
1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz)
1 chain = 22 yards (yd)
1 ton (t) = 2000 pounds (lb)
1 furlong (fur) = 10 chains
1 cup (c) = 8 fluid ounces (fl oz)
1 mile (mi) = 8 furlongs (fur) = 5280 feet (ft)
Capacity
1 pint (pt) = 2 cups (c)
1 mile (mi) = 1760 yards (yd)
1 pint (pt) = 16 ounces (oz)
Area
1 square foot (ft2) = 144 square inches (in2)
1 quart (qt) = 2 pints (pt)
1 square yard (yd2) = 9 square feet (ft2)
1 quart (qt) = 4 cups (c)
1 acre (A)= 43,560 square feet (ft2)
1 gallon (gal) = 4 quarts (qt)
1 square mile (mi2) = 640 acres (A)
1 peck (pk) = 2 gallons (gal)
1 Section = 1 square mile (mi2)
1 bushel (bu) = 4 pecks (pk)
1 Township = 36 Sections
Temp
1 Square = 100 square feet (ft2)
Degrees Fahrenheit (0F)
Volume
1 cubic foot (ft3) = 1728 cubic inches (in3)
1 cubic yard (yd3) = 27 cubic feet (ft3)
Length
Conversion Factors (U.S. Customary to Metric)
U.S. Units:
Multiplied by:
Equals Metric Units:
inches (in)
2.54
centimeters (cm)
feet (ft)
0.3048
miles (mi)
1.61
meters (m)
kilometers (km)
Area
square feet (ft2)
0.929
square meter (m2)
square yard (yd2)
square mile (mi2)
0.836
square meter (m2)
Volume
cubic inches (in3)
2.59
16.39
square kilometer (km2)
cubic centimeters (cm3)
cubic feet (ft3)
0.03
cubic meters (m3)
cubic yards (yd3)
0.76
cubic meters (m3)
Weight
ounces (oz)
28.35
grams (g)
pounds (lb)
0.45
kilograms (kg)
short tons (2,000 lbs)
0.9
metric tons
Capacity
fluid ounces (fl oz)
29.57
milliliters (mL)
cups (c)
0.24
liters (L)
pints (pt)
0.47
liters (L)
quarts (qt)
0.95
gallons (gal)
3.79
liters (L)
liters (L)
Temp
Degrees Fahrenheit (0F)
(0F - 32) x 5/9
Degrees Celcius (0C)
U.S. Customary Measurement System
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