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SECTION 2

Unit 1: Converting units of measurements

There are three main system of measurement currently used in the world: Imperial
units (UK), American units (US) and Metric units ( known as the system international
SI).

Length

Metric Imperial Imperial Metric
1 millimetre [mm] 0.03937 in 1 inch [in] 2.54 cm
1 centimetre [cm] 0.3937 in 1 foot [ft.] 0.3048 m

1 metre [m] 1.0936 yd. 1 yard [yd.] 0.9144 m
1 kilometre [km] 0.6214 mile 1 mile 1.6093 km

Area

Metric US or Imperial Imperial Metric
2
1 cm 0.1550 in 1 in 6.4516 cm
2
2
2

2
1 m 1.1960 yd 1 ft 0.0929 m
2
2
2

1 ha 2.4711 acres 1 yd 0.8361 m
2
2

2
1 km 2 0.361 mile 2 1 acre 4046.9 m
2
2
1 mile 2.59 km
Volume/Capacity
Metric Imperial Imperial Metric
3
3
1 cm 0.0610 in 1 in 3 16,387 cm 3
3
3
1m 1.3080 yd 1 fluid ounce 28.413 ml
1 l 1.7598 pt. 1 pint (16 fl oz.) 0.5683 litres

Mass

US or
Metric Imperial Metric
Imperial
1 ounce [oz.] 28.35 g

1 gram [g] 0.0353 oz. 1 pound [lb.] 0.4536 kg
1 kilogram [kg] 2.2046 lb. 1 stone 6.3503 kg
1 tonne 0.9842 ton 1 ton 1,016 tonnes

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