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Some of the more common unit conversions are shown below.
See Google's Unit Converter for the following conversions:
Area, Digital storage, Fuel consumption, Length, Mass,
Speed, Temperature, Time, Volume
LENGTH / DISTANCE
| METRIC UNITS | |
|---|---|
| 1 centimeter (cm) | = 10 millimeters |
| 1 meter (m) | = 100 centimeters |
| 1 kilometer (km) | = 1000 meters |
| ENGLISH UNITS | |
| 1 foot (ft) | = 12 inches |
| 1 yard (yd) | = 3 feet |
| 1 yard | = 36 inches |
| 1 mile (mi) | = 1760 yards |
| METRIC TO ENGLISH | |
| 1 millimeter (mm) | = 0.03937 inches |
| 1 centimeter | = 0.39370 inches |
| 1 meter | = 39.37008 inches |
| 1 meter | = 3.28084 feet |
| 1 meter | = 1.09361 yards |
| 1 kilometer | = 1093.6133 yards |
| 1 kilometer | = 0.62137 miles |
| ENGLISH TO METRIC | |
| 1 inch (in) | = 2.54 centimeters |
| 1 foot | = 30.48 centimeters |
| 1 yard | = 91.44 centimeters |
| 1 yard | = 0.9144 meters |
| 1 mile | = 1609.344 meters |
| 1 mile | = 1.609344 kilometers |
AREA
| METRIC UNITS | |
|---|---|
| 1 sq centimeter | = 100 sq millimeters |
| 1 sq meter | = 10,000 sq centimeters |
| 1 hectare (ha) | = 10,000 sq meters |
| 1 sq kilometer | = 100 hectares |
| 1 sq kilometer | = 1 million sq meters |
| ENGLISH UNITS | |
| 1 sq foot | = 144 sq inches |
| 1 sq yard | = 9 sq feet |
| 1 acre | = 4840 sq yards |
| 1 acre | = 43,560 sq feet |
| 1 sq mile | = 640 acres |
| METRIC TO ENGLISH | |
| 1 sq centimeter | = 0.15500 sq inches |
| 1 sq meter | = 10.76391 sq feet |
| 1 sq meter | = 1.19599 sq yards |
| 1 hectare | = 2.47105 acres |
| 1 sq kilometer | = 0.386102 sq miles |
| ENGLISH TO METRIC | |
| 1 sq inch | = 6.4516 sq centimeters |
| 1 sq foot | = 929.0304 sq centimeters |
| 1 sq foot | = 0.09290 sq meters |
| 1 sq yard | = 0.83613 sq meters |
| 1 acre | = 0.40469 hectares |
| 1 sq mile | = 258.99881 hectares |
| 1 sq mile | = 2.589988 sq kilometers |
WEIGHT
| METRIC UNITS | |
|---|---|
| 1 gram (g) | = 1000 milligrams |
| 1 kilogram (kg) | = 1000 grams |
| 1 tonne (1 megagram) | = 1000 kilograms |
| ENGLISH UNITS | |
| 1 ounce (oz) | = 16 drams (dr) |
| 1 pound (lb) | = 16 ounces |
| 1 hundredweight (cwt) | = 100 pounds |
| 1 ton (short) (ton) | = 20 hundredweight |
| 1 ton (short) | = 2000 pounds |
| METRIC TO ENGLISH | |
| 1 gram | = 0.035274 ounces |
| 1 kilogram | = 2.20462 pounds |
| 1 kilogram | = 35.27396 ounces |
| 1 tonne | = 1.10231 ton, short |
| ENGLISH TO METRIC | |
| 1 ounce | = 28.34952 grams |
| 1 pound | = 453.59237 grams |
| 1 pound | = 0.45359 kilograms |
| 1 hundredweight | = 50.8023 kilograms |
| 1 ton, short | = 0.90718 tonnes |
LIQUID VOLUME
| METRIC UNITS | |
|---|---|
| 1 centiliter (cl) | = 10 milliliters |
| 1 liter (l) | = 1000 milliliters |
| 1 kiloliter (kl) | = 1000 liters |
| ENGLISH UNITS | |
| 1 tablespoon (Tbsp) | = 3 teaspoons (tsp) |
| 1 fluid ounce (fl oz) | = 2 tablespoons |
| 1 fluid ounce | = 8 drams (drams) |
| 1 gill (gi) | = 4 fluid ounces |
| 1 cup (c) | = 8 fluid ounces |
| 1 pint (pt) | = 2 cups |
| 1 pint | = 16 fluid ounces |
| 1 quart (gt) | = 2 pints |
| 1 gallon (gal) | = 4 quarts |
| 1 gallon | = 128 fluid ounces |
| METRIC TO ENGLISH | |
| 1 milliliter | = 0.033814 fluid ounces |
| 1 liter | = 33.814022 fluid ounces |
| 1 liter | = 2.113376 pints |
| 1 kiloliter | = 264.1721 gallons |
| ENGLISH TO METRIC | |
| 1 fluid ounce | = 29.57353 milliliters |
| 1 pint | = 473.17648 milliliters |
| 1 pint | = 0.47318 liters |
| 1 gallon, liquid | = 3.7854 liters |