CONVERSION FACTORS

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Imperial Unit
Length

inch (in)
foot (ft)
yard (yd)
furlong (fur)
mile

Metric Unit
millimetre (mm) or
centimetre (cm)
centimetre or metre (m)
metre (m)
metre (m) or
kilometre (km)
kilometre (km)

international nautical
mile
Mass

Area

Volume

Volume
(fluids)

Force

(for navigation)
ounce (oz)
pound (lb)
stone
ton
square inch (in)
square foot (ft)

gram (g)
gram (g) or kilogram (kg)
kilogram (kg)

square yard (yd)

perch (p)
rood (rd)
acre (ac)

tonne (t)
square centimetre (cm)
square centimetre (cm) or
square metre (m)
square metre (m)
square metre (m)
hectare (ha)
hectare (ha)

square mile
cubic inch (in)
cubic foot (ft)
cubic yard (yd)

square kilometre (km)

cubic centimetre (cm)
cubic metre (m)
cubic metre (m)

bushel (bus)
fluid ounce (fl oz)
pint (pt)
gallon (gal)
acre foot

cubic metre (m)

millilitre
millilitre (ml) or litre (l)
litre (l) or cubic (m)
cubic metre (m) or

pound - force (lbf)

megalitre (ML)
newton (N)

ton - force (tonf)

kilonewton (kN)

pound per square

Pressure inch(psi)
atmosphere (atm)

kilopascal (kPa)
kilopascal (kPa) or
megapascal (MPa)

(Approxim

ton per square inch

(ton/in)
inch of mercury (in
Hg)
(for meteorology)
Velocity

mile per hour (mph)

knot (kn)

megapascal (MPa)
milibar (mb)

kilometre per hour (km/h)

(for navigation)
Temperat degree Fahrenheit
ure
(F)
Density

degree Celsius (C)

pound per cubic inch gram per cubic centimetre

(lb/in)
(g/cm)
= tonne per cubic metre (t/m)

Energy

Power
Time

ton per cubic yard

tonne per cubic metre (t/m)

British thermal unit

(btu)
therm

kilojoule (kJ)
megajoule (MJ)

(for electrical
energy)

kilowatt hour (kWh)

horsepower (hp)

kilowatt (kW)
second (s)
minute (min)
hour (h)

Frequenc cycle per second

y
(c/s)
Angular

revolution per minute

Velocity

(rpm)

hertz (Hz)

radian per second (rad/s)

TORS

(Approximate)
Imperial to
Metric Units

Metric to
Imperial Units

1 in = 25.4 mm

1 cm = 0.394 in

1 ft = 30.5 cm
1yd = 0.194 m
1 fur = 201 m

1 m = 3.28 ft
1 m = 1.09 yd
1 km = 4.97 fur

1 mile = 1.61 km

1 km = 0.621 mile

1 n mile = 1852 m

1m = 3.28 ft

1 oz = 28.3 g
1 lb = 454 g
1 stone = 6.35 kg

1 g = 0.0353 oz
1 kg = 2.20 lb
1 kg = 0.157 stone

1 ton = 1.02 t
1 in = 6.45 cm
1 ft = 929 cm

1 t = 0.984 ton
1 cm = 0.155 in

1
1
1
1

yd = 0.836 m
p = 25.3 m
rd = 0.101 ha
ac = 0.405 ha

1
1
1
1
1

m = 10.8 ft
m = 1.20 yd
m = 0.0395 p
ha = 9.88 rd
ha = 2.47 ac

1
1
1
1

square mile=2.59 km
in = 16.4 cm
ft = 0.0283 m
yd = 0.765 m

1
1
1
1

km=0.386 sq.mile
cm = 0.0610 in
m = 35.3 ft
m = 1.31 yd

1
1
1
1
1

bus = 0040.0364 m
fl oz = 28.4 ml
pt = 568 ml
gal = 4.55 litre
acre foot = 1230 m

1
1
1
1

m = 27.5 bus
ml = 0.0352 fl oz
litre = 1.76 pt
m = 220 gal

1.23 ML
1 lbf = 4.45 N

1 ML= 0.811 acre foot

1 N = 0.225 lbf

tonf = 9.96 kN

1 kN = 0.100 tonf

1 psi = 6.89 kPa

1 atm = 101 kPa

1 kPa = 0.145 psi

1 MPa = 9.87 atm

1 ton/in = 15.4 MPa

1 MPa = 0.647 ton/in

1 in Hg = 33.9 mb

1 mb = 0.0295 in Hg

1 mb = 100 Pa
1 mph = 1.61 km/h
= 1 kn = 1.85 km/h

1 km/h = 0.621 mph

C = 5/9 (F - 32)

F = 9/5 (C + 32)

1 lb/in = 27.7 g/cm

1 g/cm=0.0361 ib/in

1lb/in = 27.7 t/m

1 t/m = 0.0361ib/in

1 ton/yd = 1.33 t/m

1 t/m= 0.752 ton/yd

1 Btu = 1.06 kJ
1 therm = 106 MJ

1 kJ = 0.948 Btu
1 MJ= 9.48x 10 therm

=kWh = 3.60 MJ
1 hp = 0.746 kW

1 kW = 1.34 hp

1 min = 60s
1 h = 3600s
1 c/s = 1.Hz

1 Hz = 1.c/s

1 rpm = 0.105 rad/s

revolution per minute
(rpm)

1 rad/s = 9.55 rpm.