British and metric systems of measurement
| LINEAR |
TEMPERATURE |
| 1 inch |
- |
2.54 cm |
Fahrenheit |
Centigrade |
| 1 foot |
12 ins. |
30.48 cm |
212 |
100 |
| 1 yard |
3 feet |
914.39 cm |
176 |
80 |
| 1 mile |
1 760 yds. |
1.61 km |
140 |
60 |
| SQUARE |
122 |
50 |
| 1 sq. inch |
- |
6.45 cm² |
104 |
40 |
| 1 sq. foot |
144 sq. ins. |
0.09 m² |
95 |
35 |
| 1 sq. yard |
9 sq. ft. |
0.84 m² |
86 |
30 |
| 1 acre |
4 840 sq.yds. |
0.4 hectare |
77 |
25 |
| 1 sq. mile |
640 ac. |
2.59 km² |
68 |
20 |
| WEIGHT |
59 |
15 |
| 1 ounce |
- |
28.35 g |
50 |
10 |
| 1 pound |
16 oz. |
453.5 g |
41 |
5 |
| 1 hundredweight |
112 lb. |
50.8 kg |
32 |
0 |
| 1 ton |
20 cwt. |
1 016 kg |
23 |
-5 |
| CAPACITY |
5 |
-15 |
| 1 pint |
- |
0.57 litres |
0 |
-18 |
| 1 quart |
2 pints |
1.14 litres |
-13 |
-25 |
| 1 gallon |
4 quarts |
4.55 litres |
-31 |
-35 |
| 1 bushel |
8 gals. |
36.37 litres |
-40 |
-40 |
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