Length

ENGLISH SYSTEM METRIC SYSTEM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM

CONVERSIONS
1 foot (ft) = 12 inches (in) 1,000 millimeters (mm) = 1 meter 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters

1 yard (yd) = 3 feet (ft) 100 centimeters (cm) = 1 meter 1 meter ≈ 3.28 feet

1 yard (yd) = 36 inches (in) 10 decimeters (dm) = 1 meter 1 mile ≈ 1.61 km

1 mile (mi) = 5,280 feet (ft)
1 dekameter (dam) = 10 meters
1 hectometer (hm) = 100 meters
1 kilometer (km) = 1000 meters
1 foot ≈ 0.30 meters (m)
1 yard ≈ 0.91 meters
1 km ≈ 0.62 mi

Volume

ENGLISH SYSTEM METRIC SYSTEM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM

CONVERSIONS
1 cubic foot (ft3 ) = 1,728 cubic 1 cc = 1 cm3 1 milliliter (mL) = 1 1 in3 ≈ 16.39 mL
inches (in3 ) 1 liter ≈ 1.06 qt
cm3 1 liter (L) = 1,000 millimeters 1 gallon ≈ 3.79 liters
3
1 cubic yard (yd ) = 27 cubic feet (mL) 1 m3 ≈ 35.31 ft3
(ft3 ) 1 quart ≈ 0.95 L
1 hectoliter (hL) = 100 liters
1 cord = 128 cubic feet (ft3 ) (mL)

1 kilolitre (kL) = 1,000 liters (L)

AREA

ENGLISH SYSTEM METRIC SYSTEM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM

CONVERSIONS
1 square foot (ft2 ) = 144 square 1 cm2 = 100 mm2 1 in2 ≈ 6.45 cm2
inches (in2 )
1 dm2 = 100 cm2 1 m2≈ 1.196 yd2
2
1 square yard (yd ) = 9 square
feet (ft2 ) 1 m2 = 100 dm2 1 ha ≈ 2.47 acres

1 a = 100 m2
1 acre = 43,560 square feet (ft2)
1 hectare (ha) = 100 a

1 square mile (mi2 ) = 640 acres

WEIGHT AND MASS

ENGLISH SYSTEM METRIC SYSTEM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM

CONVERSIONS
1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz) 1 gram = 1,000 milligrams (mg) 1 ounce ≈ 28.3 grams
1 pound ≈ 0.45 kg
1 ton (T) = 2,000 pounds (lb) 1 gram = 100 centigrams (cg)

1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams

1 metric ton (t) = 1,000

kilograms

TEMPERATURE

ENGLISH SYSTEM METRIC SYSTEM SYSTEM TO SYSTEM CONVERSIONS

METRIC TO ENGLISH ENGLISH TO METRIC
FAHRENHEIT CELSIUS F= 1.8C+32 C= 5/9(F-32)
KELVIN K= C + 273.15

TIME AMOUNT OF SUBSTANCE

UNITS OF TIME IN BOTH SYSTEM

1 millisecond = 1,000 microseconds
1 second =1,000 milliseconds
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 day 24 hours
1 month ≈ 30 days
1 year ≈ 365 days

DENSITY

MASS/VOLUME
SOLID LIQUID
g/cm3 g/ml

PRESSURE
 Pascal Bar Technical Standard Torr Pounds per
Atmosphere Atmosphere square inch
Pa Bar at Atm Torr 1lbf/in2
1 Pa ≡ 1 N/m2 10-5 1.0197x10-5 9.8692x10-6 7.5006x10-3 0.000 145
037 737 730

1 bar 105 ≡100 kPa 1.0197 0.986 92 750.06 14.503 773

≡106 773 022
dyn/cm2
1 at 98 066.5 98. 066 5 ≡1 kgf/cm² 0.967 841 735.559 14. 223 343
307 120 3
Pressure

1 atm 101 325 1.013 25 1.0332 105 3541 760 14. 695 948
1 775 514 2

1 Torr 133.322 368 0.001 333 0.001 359 1/760 1 torr 0.019 336
421 224 51 ≈ 1mmhg 775

1lbf/in2 6894. 757 0.068 947 0. 070 306 0.068 045 61. 714 932 ≡1 lbf/in 2
293 168 573 958 964 572