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

 UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 



U. S. customary units of measurement used in this 

 metric (SI) units as follows: 



report can be converted to 



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To Obtain 



inches 



2.54 



centimeters 



feet 



0.3048 



meters 



yards 



0.9144 



meters 



fathoms 



1.8288 



meters 



miles (U. S. statute) 



1.609344 



kilometers 



miles (U. S. nautical) 



1.852 



kilometers 



square feet 



0.09290304 



square meters 



square miles (U. S. statute) 



2.589988 



square kilometers 



cubic feet 



0.02831685 



cubic meters 



cubic yards 



0.7645549 



cubic meters 



miles (U. S. statute) 

 per hour 



0.44704 



meters per second 



knots (international) 



0.5144444 



meters per second 



foot-pounds (force) 



1.355818 



newton-meters 



degrees (angular) 



0.01745329 



radians 



gram/liter 



1 



kilogram/cubic meter 



pound/cubic foot 



16.02 



kilogram/cubic meter 



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