APPENDIX II 

 CONVERSION FACTORS 



I dram (dr.) 



I ounce (oz.) 



I pound (lb.) 



I stone (st.) 



I quarter (qr.) 



I hundredweight (cwt.) 



I (long) ton 



1 milligram (mg.) 

 I gram (gm.) 

 I kilogram (kg.) 

 I tonne 



ME.^SURES OF WEIGHT— Avoirdupois to Metric 



I pound 

 I cental 

 I (short) ton 



loo kilograms (kg.) 

 I tonne 



27-343 grams 



1 6 drams 



1 6 ounces 



14 pounds 



2 stones 



4 quarters 



20 hundredweight 



Metric to Avoirdupois 



1,000 grams 

 1,000 kilograms 



1-772 grams 

 28-3 grams 

 0-454 kilogram 

 6-350 kilograms 

 12-701 kilograms 

 50-802 kilograms 

 I -106 tonnes 



0-015 grain 

 0-564 dram 

 2-205 pounds 

 0-984 ton 



American Weights to Metric 



100 pounds 

 20 centals 



453-592 grams 

 45-359 kilograms 

 0-907 tonne 



Metric to American Weishts 



I quintal 

 1,000 kilograms 



2-205 centals 

 1-102 (short) tons 



I inch (in.) 

 I foot (ft.) 

 I yard (yd.) 

 I mile 



I micron {/j) 



I millimetre (mm.) 

 I centimetre (cm.) 

 I decimetre (dm.) 

 1 metre (m.) 



I kilometre (km.) 



I square inch (sq. in.) 

 I square foot (sq. ft.) 

 I square yard (sq. yd. 

 I acre 

 I square mile 



I square millimetre (sq. mm.) 



1 square centimetre (sq. cm.) 



I square metre (sq. m.) 



I hectare (ha.) 



I square kilometre (sq. km.) 



MEASURES OF t.EKGTH— British to Metric 



25-400 millimetres 

 12 inches 30-480 centimetres 



3 feet 0-914 metre 



1,760 yards 1-609 kilometres 



Metric to British 



British to Metric 



144 sq. in. 

 9 sq. ft. 

 4840 sq. yds. 

 640 acres 



Metric to British 



100 sq. mm. 

 100 sq. dm. 

 10,000 sq. m. 

 100 ha. 



6-452 sq. centimetres 

 0-093 sq. metre 

 0-836 sq. metre 

 0-405 hectare 

 2-590 sq. kilometres 

 258-998 hectares 



0-00155 sq. inch 

 0-155 sq. inch 

 1-196 sq. yards 

 2-471 acres 

 0-386 sq. mile 



I cubic inch (cu. in.) 

 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 

 I cubic yard (cu. yd.) 



MEASURES OF VOLUME- 



1,728 cu. m. 

 27 cu. ft. 



-British to Metric 



16-387 cu. centimetres 

 28-317 cu. decimetres 

 0-765 cu. metre 



I cubic centimetre (cc. = ml.) 

 1 cubic decimetre (cu. dm.) 

 I cubic metre (cu. m.) 



Metric to British 



1,000 cu. cm. 

 1,000 cu. dm. 



o-o6i cu. inch 

 0-035 cu. foot 

 1-308 cu. yards 



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