Metric Table and Units: Time

Prefix of base unit Power of Ten Prefix 60 𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 1 ℎ

times base unit Symbol 60 𝑠 = 1 𝑚𝑖𝑛
exa × 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟖 E 24 ℎ = 1 𝑑
peta × 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟓 P 365 𝑑 = 1 𝑦𝑟
tera × 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟐 T
giga × 𝟏𝟎𝟗 G Area (Land) Units
1 ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒 = 10 000 𝑚2
mega × 𝟏𝟎𝟔 M
kilo × 𝟏𝟎𝟑 k
Metric Weight
hecto × 𝟏𝟎𝟐 h
1000 𝑘𝑔 = 1 𝑡 (𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒)
deca × 𝟏𝟎𝟏 dk/da
1 𝑀𝑔 = 1 𝑡 (𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒)
Base Unit (such as 𝒎, 𝒔, 𝑳, 𝑯𝒛, 𝒈, 𝑱, 𝑷𝒂) × 𝟏𝟎𝟎
1 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒 = 1 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑛
deci × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏 d
centi × 𝟏𝟎−𝟐 c Angles
milli × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑 m 𝜋 𝑟𝑎𝑑 = 180°
micro × 𝟏𝟎−𝟔 µ 1° = 60 𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑟 60′
nano × 𝟏𝟎−𝟗 n 1′ = 60 𝑠 𝑜𝑟 60"
pico × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟐 p
femto × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟓 f
atto × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟖 a

U.S. Customary Units Capacity: 3 𝑡𝑠𝑝 (𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑛) = 1 𝑡𝑏𝑠𝑝 (𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑛)

Length: 12 𝑖𝑛 = 1 𝑓𝑡 or 12" = 1′ 2 𝑡𝑏𝑠𝑝 = 1 𝑜𝑧 (𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑖𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑒)
3 𝑓𝑡 = 1 𝑦𝑑 16 𝑡𝑏𝑠𝑝 = 1 𝑐𝑢𝑝 = 8 𝑜𝑧
5280 𝑓𝑡 = 1 𝑚𝑖 2 𝑐𝑢𝑝 = 1 𝑝𝑡 (𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑡)
1760 𝑦𝑑 = 1 𝑚𝑖 2 𝑝𝑡 = 1 𝑞𝑡 (𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡)
Weight: 16 𝑜𝑧 = 1 𝑙𝑏 4 𝑞𝑡 = 1 𝑔𝑎𝑙
2000 𝑙𝑏 = 1 𝑇 (𝑇𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑛) Area (Land) Units: 1 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒 = 4840 𝑦𝑑2
Metric ↔ U.S. Customary Heat Energy Units Temperature
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Length: 1 𝑖𝑛 = 2.54 𝑐𝑚 𝑐𝑎𝑙 = 4.186 𝐽 °𝐶 = 9 (°𝐹 − 32)
1 𝑚 = 39.37 𝑖𝑛 = 3.2808 𝑓𝑡 1 𝐵𝑇𝑈 = 1055 𝐽 𝐾 = °𝐶 + 273
1 𝑚𝑖 = 1.609 𝑘𝑚 1 𝐵𝑇𝑈 = 780 𝑓𝑡 − 𝑙𝑏𝑠
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Weight: 1 𝑙𝑏 = 453.6 𝑔 1 𝐵𝑇𝑈 = 252 𝑐𝑎𝑙 °𝐹 = °𝐶 + 32
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1 𝑘𝑔 = 2.205 𝑙𝑏 1 𝑓𝑡 − 𝑙𝑏𝑠 = 1.356 𝐽 𝑅 = °𝐹 + 460
Capacity: 1 𝑔𝑎𝑙 = 3.79 𝐿 (U.S. Customary) Metric ↔ Imperial
1 𝑡𝑠𝑝 = 4.93 𝑚𝐿 1 𝑔𝑎𝑙 = 4.55 𝐿 (Imperial)
Area (Land) Units: 1 ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒 = 2.47 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑠 Only Capacity differs between Imperial and
Power: 1 ℎ𝑝 (ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟) = 745.7 𝑊(𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑠) U.S. Customary