CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 

 UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 



U.S. customary units of measurement used in this report can be converted 

 to metric (SI) units as follows: 



Multiply 



by 



To obtain 



inches 



square inches 

 cubic inches 



25.4 

 2.54 

 6.452 



16.39 



millimeters 

 centimeters 

 square centimeters 

 cubic centimeters 



feet 



siquare feet 

 cubic feet 



30.39 

 0.3048 

 0.0929 

 0.0283 



centimeters 

 meters 



square meters 

 cubic meters 



yards 



square yards 

 cubic yards 



0.9144 



0.836 



0.7646 



meters 



square meters 

 cubic meters 



miles 



square miles 



1.6093 

 259.0 



kilometers 

 hectares 



knots 



1.8532 



kilometers per hour 



acres 



0.4047 



hectares 



foot-pounds 



1.3558 



newton meters 



millibars 



1.0197 x 10" 



3 kilograms per square centimeter 



ounces 



28.35 



grams 



pounds 



453.6 

 0.4536 



grams 

 kilograms 



ton, long 



1.0160 



metric tons 



ton, short 



0.9072 



metric tons 



degrees (angle) 



0.1745 



radians 



Fahrenheit degrees 



5/9 



Celsius degrees or Kelvins 1 



1 To obtain Celsius (C) temperature readings from Fahrenheit (F) readings, 

 use formula: C = (5/9) (F -32). 

 To obtain Kelvin (K) readings, use formula: K = (5/9) (F -32) + 273.15. 



