WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 



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MEASURES OF CAPACITY 



centiliter (cl.) 

 deciliter (dl.) 

 liter (1.) 

 dekaliter (Dl.) 

 hektoliter (hi.) 



10 milliliters (ml.) 



10 centiliters 



10 deciliters 



10 liters 



10 dekaliters 



10 hektoliters 



kiloliter (kl.) 



MEASURES OF WEIGHT 



10 milligrams (mg.) = 



10 centigrams 



10 decigrams 



10 grams 



10 dekagrams 



10 hektograms 



1 centigram (eg.) 

 1 decigram (dg.) 

 1 gram (g.) 

 1 dekagram (Dg.) 

 1 hektogram (hg.) 

 1 kilogram (kg.) 



18. Metric Equivalents. The equivalent of the metric 

 units in English measurements and vice versa, carried out 

 when necessary, to several decimal places, are given below. 

 The approximate English equivalent for the metric units 

 of measurement are found in the last table. 



LINEAR MEASURE 



1 cm. = .3937 inches (in.) 



1 dm. =3.937 in. = .328 feet (ft.) 



1m. =39.37 in. = 1.0936 yards (yds.) 



1 Dm. = 1.9884 rods (rds.) 



1 km. = .6214 miles (mi.) 



in. 

 ft. 



yd. 



rd. 



2.54 cm. 

 3.048 dm. 



.9144 m. 



.5029 Dm. 

 1.6093 km. 



SQUARE MEASURE 



1 sq. cm. = .1550 sq. in. 1 sq. in. = 6.452 sq. cm. 



1 sq. dm. =.1076 sq. ft. 1 sq. ft. = 9.2903 sq. dm. 



1 sq. m. = 1.196 sq. yd. 1 sq. yd. = .8361 sq. m. 



1 are = 3.954 sq. rd. 1 sq. rd. = .2529 are 



1 hektar = 2.47 acres 1 acre = .4047 hektar 



1 sq. km. = .386 sq. mi. 1 sq. mi. = 2.59 sq. km. 



