| Avoirdupois
(avdp) Weight (Commercial) |
| 1
pound (lb) |
=16
ounces |
=
7000 grains |
| 1
ounce (oz) |
=16
drams (dr) |
=
437.5 grains exactly |
| 1
short hundred weight (cwt) |
=
100 pounds |
| 1
long hundred weight (gross cwt) |
=
112 pounds |
| 1
short ton (tn) |
=
2000 pounds |
| 1
long ton (gross tn) |
=
2240 pounds |
| Apothecaries
Weight |
| 1 scruple
(s ap) |
= 20 grains |
|
| 1 dram
(dr ap) |
= 3 scruples |
= 60 grains |
| 1 ounce
(oz ap) |
= 8 drams |
= 480 grains |
| 1 pound
(lb ap) |
= 12 ounces |
= 5760
grains |
| Troy
Weight |
| 1 pennyweight
(dwt) |
= 24 grains |
|
| 1 ounce
(oz t) |
= 20 pennyweight |
= 480grains |
| 1 pound
(lb t) |
= 12 ounces |
= 5760
grains |
| Dry
Measure |
| 1 U.S.
bushel (bu) |
=
2150.42 cubic inches (in 3) |
| (British
Imperial bushel |
=
1.0321 U.S. bushels) |
| 1 U.S.
bushel |
=
4 pecks |
| 1 peck
(pk) |
= 4 quarts |
= 16 pints (pt) |
| 1 quart
(qt) |
= 2 pints |
|
| Cubic
Measure |
| 1 cubic
yard (yd 3) |
= 27 cubic
feet |
| 1 cubic
foot (ft 3 ) |
= 1728
cubic inches(in 3) |
| 1 board
foot |
= 144 cubic
inches - 1/12 cubic foot |
| 1 cord
(cd) |
= 128 cubic
feet |
Avoirdupois
- Metric Weight Equivalent
| Avoirdupois
(commercial) |
Metric |
| 1
grain |
=
0.0648 gram (g) |
=
6.4 milligrams (mg) |
| 1
ounce (oz) |
=
28.35 grams |
|
| 1
pound (lb) |
=
0.454 kilogram (kg) |
=
454 grams |
| 1
short ton |
=
0.907 metric ton (t) |
=
907 kilograms |
| 1
long ton |
=
1.016 metric ton |
=
1016 kilograms |
Metric
- Avoirdupois Weight Equivalents
| Metric |
Avoirdupois
(commercial)
|
| 1 gram
(g) |
=
15.432 grains |
| 1 gram |
=
0.035 ounces (oz) |
| 1 kilogram
(kg) |
= 2.205
pounds |
=35.274
ounces |
| 1 metric
ton (t) |
= 1.102
short ton (t) |
=2205 pounds
(lb) |
| 1 metric
ton |
=0.984
long ton (gross tn) |
= 2205
pounds |
| Area
or Surface |
| 1 square
foot (ft 2) |
= 144 square
inches (in 2) |
|
| 1 square
yard (yd 2) |
= 1.296
square inches |
|
| 1 acre |
= 43.560
square feet |
|
| Length
Measures |
| 1 foot
(ft) |
= 12 inches
(in) |
|
| 1 yard
(yd) |
= 3 feet |
= 36 inches |
| 1 mile
(mi) |
5280 feet |
|
| 1 chain
(ch) ( Gunters or surveyor s) |
= 66 feet |
|
Capacities
or Volumes
| Liquid
Measure |
| 1 U.S.
gallon (gal) |
=231 cubic
inches exactly |
|
| (1 British
Imperial gallon |
= 1.201
U.S. gallons) |
|
| 60 minims |
= 1 fluid
dram |
|
| 8 fluid
drams (fl dr) |
= 1 fluid
ounce |
|
| 4 fluid
ounces (fl oz) |
= 1 gill |
|
| 4 gills
(gi) |
= 1 pint |
= 16 fluid
ounces |
| 2 pints
(pt) |
= 1 quart |
= 32 fluid
ounces |
| 4 quarts
(qt) |
= 1 gallon |
|
Troy-Apothecaries-Avoirdupois-Metric-Weight
Equivalents
| 1 pound
troy or apothecaries |
=
0.823 pounds avoirdupois |
|
= 373.2
grams |
|
| 1
ounce troy or apothecaries |
=
1.097 ounce avoirdupois |
|
=
31.103 grams |
|
| 1
grain troy |
=
1 grain apothecaries |
=
1 grain avdp |
|
=
0.065 gram |
|
| 1
pound avoirdupois |
=
1.2153 pound troy or apothecaries |
| 1
ounce avoirdupois |
=
0.9115 ounce troy or apothecaries |
| 1
kilogram (kg) |
=
2.6792 pounds troy or apothecaries |
| 1
gram (g) |
=
0.0322 ounce troy or apothecaries |
Metric-U.S.
Customary Length Equivalents
(1 inch = 25.4 millimeters exactly)
| Metric |
Customary |
| 1 millimeter
(mm) |
= 0.001
meter |
= 0.03937
inch |
| 1 centimeter
(cm) |
= 10 millimeters |
= 0.3937
inch |
| 1 decimeter
(dm) |
= 10 centimeters |
= 3.937
inches |
| 1 meter
(m) |
= 10 decimeters |
= 39.37
inches |
| 1 dekameter
(dam) |
= 10 meters |
= 32.808
feet |
| 1 kilometer
(km) |
= 1000
meters |
= 0.6 mile |
