Conversion Factors: Imperial Unit Quantity

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CONVERSION FACTORS (Appr

 Quantity  Imperial Unit

  Length inch (in)

foot (ft)
yard (yd)
furlong (fur)

mile
international nautical mile
(for navigation)
  Mass ounce (oz)
pound (lb)
stone
ton
 Area square inch (in²)
square foot (ft²)

square yard (yd²)


perch (p)
rood (rd)
acre (ac)
square mile
 Volume cubic inch (in³)
cubic foot (ft³)
cubic yard (yd³)
bushel (bus)
 Volume fluid ounce (fl oz)
 (fluids) pint (pt)
gallon (gal)
acre foot

 Force pound - force (lbf)


ton - force (tonf)
 Pressure pound per square inch(psi)
atmosphere (atm)

ton per square inch (ton/in²)


inch of mercury (in Hg)
(for meteorology)
 Velocity mile per hour (mph)
knot (kn)
(for navigation)
Temperatur
degree Fahrenheit (°F)
e

 Density pound per cubic inch (lb/in³)

ton per cubic yard

Energy British thermal unit (btu)


therm
(for electrical energy)
Power horsepower (hp)
Time

Frequency cycle per second (c/s)

Angular revolution per minute

Velocity (rpm)
NVERSION FACTORS (Approximate)
Imperial to Metric to
Metric Unit
Metric Units Imperial Units
millimetre (mm) or 1 in = 25.4 mm 1 cm = 0.394 in
centimetre (cm)
centimetre or metre (m) 1 ft = 30.5 cm 1 m = 3.28 ft
metre (m) 1yd = 0.194 m 1 m = 1.09 yd
metre (m) or 1 fur = 201 m 1 km = 4.97 fur
kilometre (km)
kilometre (km) 1 mile = 1.61 km 1 km = 0.621 mile
1 n mile = 1852 m 1m = 3.28 ft

gram (g) 1 oz = 28.3 g 1 g = 0.0353 oz


gram (g) or kilogram (kg) 1 lb = 454 g 1 kg = 2.20 lb
kilogram (kg) 1 stone = 6.35 kg 1 kg = 0.157 stone
tonne (t) 1 ton = 1.02 t 1 t = 0.984 ton
square centimetre (cm²) 1 in² = 6.45 cm² 1 cm² = 0.155 in²
square centimetre (cm²) or 1 ft² = 929 cm²
square metre (m²) 1 m² = 10.8 ft²
square metre (m²) 1 yd² = 0.836 m² 1 m² = 1.20 yd²
square metre (m²) 1 p = 25.3 m² 1 m² = 0.0395 p
hectare (ha) 1 rd = 0.101 ha 1 ha = 9.88 rd
hectare (ha) 1 ac = 0.405 ha 1 ha = 2.47 ac
 square kilometre (km²) 1 square mile=2.59 km² 1 km²=0.386 sq.mile
cubic centimetre (cm³) 1 in³ = 16.4 cm³ 1 cm³ = 0.0610 in³
cubic metre (m³) 1 ft³ = 0.0283 m³ 1 m³ = 35.3 ft³
cubic metre (m³) 1 yd³ = 0.765 m³ 1 m³ = 1.31 yd³
cubic metre (m³) 1 bus = 0040.0364 m³ 1 m³ = 27.5 bus
millilitre 1 fl oz = 28.4 ml 1 ml = 0.0352 fl oz
millilitre (ml) or litre (l) 1 pt = 568 ml 1 litre = 1.76 pt
litre (l) or cubic (m³) 1 gal = 4.55 litre 1 m³ = 220 gal
cubic metre (m³) or 1 acre foot = 1230 m³
megalitre (ML)                  1.23 ML 1 ML= 0.811 acre foot
newton (N) 1 lbf = 4.45 N 1 N = 0.225 lbf
kilonewton (kN) tonf = 9.96 kN 1 kN = 0.100 tonf
kilopascal (kPa) 1 psi = 6.89 kPa 1 kPa = 0.145 psi
kilopascal (kPa) or 1 atm = 101 kPa
megapascal (MPa) 1 MPa = 9.87 atm
megapascal (MPa) 1 ton/in² = 15.4 MPa 1 MPa = 0.647 ton/in²
milibar (mb)
1 in Hg = 33.9 mb 1 mb = 0.0295 in Hg
1 mb = 100 Pa
kilometre per hour (km/h) 1 mph = 1.61 km/h 1 km/h = 0.621 mph
      = 1 kn = 1.85 km/h

degree Celsius (°C) °C = 5/9 (F - 32) °F = 9/5 (C + 32)

gram per cubic centimetre (g/cm³) 1 lb/in³ = 27.7 g/cm³ 1 g/cm³=0.0361 ib/in³

= tonne per cubic metre (t/m³) 1lb/in³ = 27.7 t/m³         1 t/m³ = 0.0361ib/in³

tonne per cubic metre (t/m³) 1 ton/yd³ = 1.33 t/m³ 1 t/m³= 0.752 ton/yd³

kilojoule (kJ) 1 Btu = 1.06 kJ 1 kJ = 0.948 Btu


megajoule (MJ) 1 therm = 106 MJ 1 MJ= 9.48x 10³ therm
kilowatt hour (kWh) =kWh = 3.60 MJ
kilowatt (kW) 1 hp = 0.746 kW 1 kW = 1.34 hp
second (s)
minute (min) 1 min = 60s
hour (h) 1 h = 3600s

hertz (Hz) 1 c/s = 1.Hz 1 Hz = 1.c/s

1 rpm = 0.105 rad/s

radian per second (rad/s) 1 rad/s = 9.55 rpm.


revolution per minute
(rpm)

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