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Administrative Assistant / Secretary: A Simple Guide To Weights and Measures

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U.S. Weights and Measures
Below are tables of standard U.S. weights and measurements.

 

Linear Measure
 

1 inch     =      0.0083 foot
12 inches (in)     =      1 foot (ft)
3 feet     =      1 yard (yd)
5½ yards     =      1 rod (rd), pole, or perch =16½ ft
40 rods     =      1 furlong (fur) = 220 yds = 660 ft
8 furlongs     =      1 statute mile (mi.) = 1,760 yds = 5,280 ft
3 land miles     =      1 league
5,280 feet     =      1 statute or land mile
6,076.11549 feet     =      1 international nautical mile


Area Measure

144 square inches     =      1 sq ft
9 square feet     =      1 sq yd = 1,296 sq in
30¼ square yards     =      1 sq rd = 272¼ sq ft
160 square rods     =      1 acre = 4,840 sq yds = 43,560 sq ft
640 acres     =      1 square mile
1 mile square     =      1 section (of land)
6 miles square     =      1 township = 36 sections = 36 square miles


Cubic Measure

 

 

 

 

1,728 cubic inches (cu in)     =      1 cu ft
27 cubic feet     =      1 cu yd


Liquid Measure

 

 

 

 

1 gill (gi)     =      4 ounces (oz)
4 gills     =      1 pint (pt) = 28.875 cu in
2 pints     =      1 quart (qt) = 57.75 cu in
4 quarts     =      1 gallon (gal) = 231 cu in = 8 pts = 32 gills


Dry Measure

 

 

 

 

2 pints     =      1 qt = 67.2006 cu in
8 quarts     =      1 peck (pk) = 537.605 cu in = 16 pts
4 pecks     =      1 bushel (bu) = 2,150.42 cu in = 32 qts


Units of Circular Measure

 

 

 

 

Second (")     =      —
Minute (')     =      60 seconds
Degree (°)     =      60 minutes
Right angle     =      90 degrees
Straight angle     =      180 degrees
Circle     =      360 degrees


Troy Weight

 

 

 

 

24 grains     =      1 pennyweight (pwt)
20 pennyweights     =      1 ounce troy (oz t) = 480 grains
12 ounces troy     =      1 pound troy (lb t) = 240 pennyweights = 5,760 grains



The International System (Metric)
The tabls below various metric measurements.
 

Linear Measure (Metric)

 

 

 

 

10 millimeters (mm)     =      1 centimeter (cm)
10 centimeters     =      1 decimeter (dm) = 100 millimeters
10 decimeters     =      1 meter (m) = 1,000 millimeters
10 meters     =      1 dekameter (dam)
10 dekameters     =      1 hectometer (hm) = 100 meters
10 hectometers     =      1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters


Area Measure (Metric)

 

 

 

 

100 square millimeters (mm2)     =      1 sq centimeter (cm2)
10,000 square centimeters     =      1 sq meter (m2) = 1,000,000 sq millimeters
100 square meters     =      1 are (a)
100 ares     =      1 hectare (ha) = 10,000 sq meters
100 hectares     =      1 sq kilometer (km2) = 1,000,000 sq meters


Volume Measure (Metric)

 

 

 

 

10 milliliters (ml)     =      1 centiliter (cl)
10 centiliters     =      1 deciliter (dl) = 100 milliliters
10 deciliters     =      1 liter (l) = 1,000 milliliters
10 liters     =      1 dekaliter (dal)
10 dekaliters     =      1 hectoliter (hl) = 100 liters
10 hectoliters     =      1 kiloliter (kl) = 1,000 liters


Cubic Measure (Metric)

 

 

 

 

1,000 cubic millimeters (mm3)     =      1 cu centimeter (cm3)
1,000 cubic centimeters     =      1 cu decimeter (dm3) = 1,000,000 cu millimeters
1,000 cubic decimeters     =      1 cu meter (m3) = 1 stere = 1,000,000 cu centimeters = 1,000,000,000 cu millimeters


Weight Measure (Metric)

 

 

 

 

10 milligrams (mg)     =      1 centigram (cg)
10 centigrams     =      1 decigram (dg) = 100 milligrams
10 decigrams     =      1 gram (g) = 1,000 milligrams
10 grams     =      1 dekagram (dag)
10 dekagrams     =      1 hectogram (hg) = 100 grams
10 hectograms     =      1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams
1,000 kilograms     =      1 metric ton (t)


Conversion Table
These tables can be used to convert various U.S. measurements into metric. In the table, “x” means multiply, “/” means divide, and “#” means the value is exact. All other values are approximate.
 

Conversion Table
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