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Unit Conversions

This document provides conversions between different units of measurement for length, area, volume, mass/weight, energy, power, time, and temperature in both the US Customary System (USC) and International System of Units (SI). Some key conversions include: - 1 mile = 5280 feet = 1609 meters - 1 acre = 43560 square feet = 0.404 hectares - 1 gallon = 3.785 liters - 1 kilogram = 2.205 pounds - 1 joule = 1 watt-second = 0.738 foot-pounds - Prefixes are provided for multiples of ten in the metric system between deka (10) and atto (10-

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Unit Conversions

This document provides conversions between different units of measurement for length, area, volume, mass/weight, energy, power, time, and temperature in both the US Customary System (USC) and International System of Units (SI). Some key conversions include: - 1 mile = 5280 feet = 1609 meters - 1 acre = 43560 square feet = 0.404 hectares - 1 gallon = 3.785 liters - 1 kilogram = 2.205 pounds - 1 joule = 1 watt-second = 0.738 foot-pounds - Prefixes are provided for multiples of ten in the metric system between deka (10) and atto (10-

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Conversions within the USC System and between the USC and SI

Length
1 mile (mi)  5280 feet (ft) 1 yard (yd)  3 feet (ft)
1 foot (ft)  12 inches (in) 1 inch (in) = 2:54 centimeters (cm)
1 meter (m) = 3:281 feet (ft) 1 mile (mi) = 1609 meters (m)
= 39:37 inches (in) = 1:609 kilometers (km)
1 light year (lt yr) = 9:454  1015 meters (m)
= 5:876  1012 miles (mi)

Area = length squared


1 acre  43; 560 square feet (ft2) 1 hectare  10; 000 square meters (m2)
2
= 4048 square meters (m ) = 2:4704 acres

Volume = length cubed


1 gallon (gal) = 3:785 liters (l) 1 uid ounce ( oz) = 1:804 cubic inches (in3 )
1 cubic meter (m3 )  1000 liters (l) 1 liter (l)  1000 cubic centimeters (cm3)
= 264:2 gallons (gal) = 1:057 quarts (qt)
1 pint (pt)  2 cups 1 barrel of petroleum  42 gallons (gal)
 16 uid ounces ( oz) = 0:159 cubic meter (m3 )
1 quart (qt)  2 pints (pt) 1 gallon (gal)  4 quarts (qt)
Mass/Weight
1 kilogram (kg) = 2:205 pounds (lb) (on the surface of the earth)
1 pound (lb)  16 ounces avoirdupois (oz)
= 453:6grams (g) (on the surface of the earth)

Energy

 1 kg s2m
2
1 joule (J)
 1 watt-second (Ws)
= 0:2390 calories (cal)
= 2:390  10 4 food calories (Kcal)
= 9:484  10 4 British thermal units (Btu)
= 6:242  1018 electron volts (eV)
= 0:7375 foot pounds (ft lb)
1 kiloton of TNT = 4:2  1012 joules (J)

1
energy
Power =
time
joule
1 Watt (W)  1 second
1 horsepower (hp) = 0:7457 kilowatts (kW)

Time
1 year (yr) = 3:1558  107 seconds (s) 1 day  24 hours (hr)
= 8:766  103 hours (hr)  1440 minutes (min)
 8:64  104 seconds (s)
Temperature equations

Celsius Temp ( C)  59 (F 32)

Fahrenheit Temp ( F)  95 (C) + 32


Kelvin Temp (K) = ( C) + 273:15

Pre xes for Conversion within the Metric System (SI)


101 deka (da) 10 1
deci (d)
102 hecto (h) 10 2
centi (c)
103 kilo (k) 10 3
milli (m)
106 mega (M) 10 6
micro ()
109 giga (G) 10 9
nano (n)
1012 tera (T) 10 12
pico (p)
1015 peta (P) 10 15
femto (f)
1018 exa (E) 10 18
atto (a)

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