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APPENDIX
Useful data IMPERIAL UNIT EQUIVALENT NUMBER SYSTEMS
ROMAN ARABIC
Length I 1
1 foot (ft) 12 inches (in) II 2
1 yard (yd) 3 feet III 3
1 rod (rd) 5½ yards IV 4
1 mile (mi) 1,760 yards V 5
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT VI 6
Mass VII 7
METRIC UNIT EQUIVALENT
1 dram (dr) 27.344 grains (gr) VIII 8
Length 1 ounce (oz) 16 drams IX 9
1 centimeter (cm) 10 millimeters (mm) 1 pound (lb) 16 ounces X 10
1 meter (m) 100 centimeters 1 hundredweight (cwt) 112 pounds XI 11
1 kilometer (km) 1,000 meters (long) XII 12
1 hundredweight (cwt) 100 pounds XIII 13
Mass (short) XIV 14
1 kilogram (kg) 1,000 grams (g) 1 ton (long) 2,240 pounds XV 15
1 metric ton (t) 1,000 kilograms 1 ton (short) 2,000 pounds XX 20
XXI 21
Area Area XXX 30
1 square centimeter 100 square millimeters 1 square foot (ft 2 ) 144 square inches XL 40
(cm 2 ) (mm 2 ) (in 2 ) 1 square yard (yd 2 ) L 50
1 square meter (m 2 ) 10,000 square centimeters 9 square feet LX 60
1 hectare 10,000 square meters 1 acre 4,840 square yards LXX 70
1 square kilometer 1,000,000 square meters 1 square mile 640 acres LXXX 80
(km 2 ) XC 90
Volume C 100
Volume 1 cubic foot 1,728 cubic inches CI 101
1 cubic centimeter (cc) 1 milliliter (ml) 1 cubic yard 27 cubic feet CC 200
1 liter (l) 1,000 milliliters CCC 300
1 cubic meter (m 3 ) 1,000 liters Capacity (liquid and dry measures) CD 400
1 fluidram (fl dr) 60 minims (min) D 500
Capacity (liquid and dry measures) 1 fluid ounce (fl oz) 8 fluidrams DC 600
1 centiliter (cl) 10 milliliters (ml) 1 gill (gi) 5 fluid ounces DCC 700
1 deciliter (dl) 10 centiliters 1 pint (pt) 4 gills DCCC 800
1 liter (l) 10 deciliters 1 quart (qt) 2 pints CM 900
1 decaliter (dal) 10 liters 1 gallon (gal) 4 quarts M 1,000
1 hectoliter (hi) 10 decaliters 1 peck (pk) 2 gallons MM 2,000
1 kiloliter (kl) 10 hectoliters 1 bushel (bu) 4 pecks

METRIC TO IMPERIAL CONVERSIONS IMPERIAL TO METRIC CONVERSIONS
TO CONVERT INTO MULTIPLY BY TO CONVERT INTO MULTIPLY BY
Length Length
Centimeters inches 0.3937 Inches centimeters 2.5400
Meters feet 3.2810 Feet meters 0.3048
Kilometers miles 0.6214 Miles kilometers 1.6090
Meters yards 1.0940 Yards meters 0.9144
Mass Mass
Grams ounces 0.0352 Ounces grams 28.3500
Kilograms pounds 2.2050 Pounds kilograms 0.4536
Metric tons long tons 0.9843 Long tons metric tons 1.0160
Metric tons short tons 1.1025 Short tons metric tons 0.9070
Area Area
Square centimeters square inches 0.1550 Square inches square centimeters 6.4520
Square meters square feet 10.7600 Square feet square meters 0.0929
Hectares acres 2.4710 Acres hectares 0.4047
Square kilometers square miles 0.3861 Square miles square kilometers 2.5900
Square meters square yards 1.1960 Square yards square meters 0.8361
Volume Volume
Cubic centimeters cubic inches 0.0610 Cubic inches cubic centimeters 16.3900
Cubic meters cubic feet 35.3100 Cubic feet cubic meters 0.0283
Capacity Capacity
Liters pints 1.7600 Pints liters 0.5683
Liters gallons 0.2200 Gallons liters 4.5460

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