Encyclopedia entry: conversions

conversions

1 Avoirdupois

2 Work, heat

Length

1 inch (in)

= 2.54 centimetres (cm)

= 25.4 millimetres (mm)

1 foot (ft)

= 0.3048 metre (m)

1 yard (yd)

= 0.9144 metre

1 mile (mi)

= 1.6093 kilometres (km)

1 centimetre

= 0.3937 inch

1 metre

= 3.2808 feet = 1.0936 yards

1 kilometre

= 0.6214 mile

Area

1 square inch

= 6.4516 square centimetres

1 square foot

= 0.0929 square metre

1 acre

= 0.4047 hectare

1 sq mile

= 2.5899 square kilometres

1 square centimetre

= 0.155 square inch

1 square metre

= 10.7639 square feet

1 hectare

= 2.471 acres

1 square kilometre

= 0.3861 square mile

Volume

1 cubic inch

= 16.3871 cubic centimetres

1 cubic foot

= 0.0283 cubic metre

1 cubic yard

= 0.7646 cubic metre

1 cubic centimetre

= 0.061 cubic inch

1 cubic metre

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