WEIGHTS & MEASURES

AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT

27-11/32 grains 1 dram
16 drams 1 ounce
16 ounces 1 pound
25 pounds 1 quarter
4 quarters

1 hundred weight

2,000 pounds 1 short ton
2,240 pounds 1 long ton

TROY WEIGHT
(Used for weighing gold, silver and jewels)

24 grains 1 pennyweight
20 pennyweight 1 ounce
12 ounces 1 pound

CUBIC MEASURE

1,728 cubic inches 1 cubic foot
27 cubic feet 1 cubic yard
128 cubic feet 1 cord (wood)
40 cubic feet 1 ton (shipping)
2,150.42 cubic in. 1 standard bushel
231 cubic inches 1 U.S. standard gallon
1 cubic foot about 4/5 of a bushel

DRY MEASURE

2 pints 1 quart
8 quarts 1 peck
4 pecks 1 bushel

LIQUID MEASURE

4 gills 1 pint
2 pints 1 quart
4 quarts 1 gallon
31-1/2 gallons 1 barrel

IMPERIAL LIQUID MEASURE

1 US gallon 0.833 Imperial gallon
1 US gallon 3.785 liters
1 Imperial gallon 1.201 US gallons
1 Imperial gallon 4.546 liters
1 liter  0.264 US gallon
1 liter  0.220 Imperial gallon

LONG MEASURE

12 inches 1 foot
3 feet 1 yard
5-1/2 yards 1 rod
40 rods 1 furlong
8 furlongs 1 statute mile
3 miles 1 league

MARINER'S MEASURE

6 feet 1 fathom
120 fathoms 1 cable length
7-1/3 cable lengths 1 mile
5,280 feet 1 statute mile
6,080.2 feet 1 nautical mile

SQUARE MEASURE

144 square inches 1 square foot
9 square feet 1 square yard
30-1/4 square yards 1 square rod
40 square rods 1 square rood
4 roods 1 acre
640 acres 1 square mile

METRIC EQUIVALENTS

Linear Measure

1 centimeter 0.3937 inch
1 inch 2.54 centimeters
1 decimeter 3.937 inches/ 0.328 foot
1 foot 3.048 decimeters
1 meter 39.37 inches/ 1.0936 yards
1 yard 0.9144 meter
1 decameter 1.9884 rods
1 rod 0.5029 decameter
1 kilometer 0.621 mile
1 mile 1.609 kilometers

Square Measure

1 sq. centimeter 0.1550 sq. inch
1 sq. inch 6.452 sq. centimeters
1 sq. decimeter 0.1076 sq. centimeters
1 sq. foot 9.2903 sq. centimeters
1 sq. meter 1.196 square yards
1 sq. yard 0.8361 sq. meter
1 acre 160 square rods
1 square rod 0.00625 acre
1 hectare 2.47 acres
1 acre 0.4047 hectare
1 sq. kilometer 0.386 square miles
1 sq. mile 2.59 square kilometers

Measure of Volume

1 cubic centimeter 0.061 cubic inch
1 cubic inch 16.39 cubic centimeters
1 cubic decimeter 0.053 cubic foot
1 cubic foot 28.317 cubic decimeter
1 cubic meter 1.308 cubic yards
1 cubic yard 0.7646 cubic meters
1 stere 0.2759 cord
1 cord 3.624 steres
1 liter 0.906 quart dry/ 1.0567 pints liquid
1 quart dry 1.101 liters
1 quart liquid 0.9463 liter
1 decaliter 2.6417 gallons/
1.135 pecks
1 gallon 0.3785 decaliter
1 peck 0.881 decaliter
1 hectoliter 2.8375 bushels
1 bushel 0.3524 hectoliter

Weights

1 gram 0.03527 ounce
1 ounce 28.35
1 kilogram 2.2046
1 pound 0.4536 kilograms
1 metric ton 0.98421 English ton