Tables of Measurement

English Measures | Metric Measures


English Measures

Table of Length
12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.)
36 inches = 1 yard (yd.)
3 feet = 1 yard
5, 280 feet = 1 mile (mi.)
1,760 yards = 1 mile

Table of Liquid Volume
2 cups (cu.) = 1 pint (pt.)
2 pints = 1 quart (qt.)
4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.)
3 teaspoons (tsp.) = 1 tablespoon (tbs.)
8 fluid ounces ( fl. oz.) = 1 cup
16 fluid ounces = 1 pint

Table of Dry Volume
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
8 quarts = 1 peck (pk.)
4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu.)

Table of Time
60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.)
60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.)
24 hours = 1 day (da.)
7 days = 1 week (wk.)
2 weeks = 1 fortnight
About 52 weeks = 1 year (yr.)
365 days = 1 year
366 days = 1 leap year
12 months (mo.) = 1 year
10 years = 1 decade
100 years = 1 century
1000 years = 1 millenium

Table of Weight
16 ounces = 1 pound (lb.)
2,000 pounds = 1 ton (t.)

Table of Square Measures
144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square yard (sq. yd.)
9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.)
43, 560 square feet = 1 acre (a.)
640 acres = 1 square mile (sq. mi.)


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Metric Measures

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Table of Length
1 meter (m) = 10 decimeters (dm)
1 meter = 100 centimeters (cm)
1 meter = 1,000 millimeters (mm)
1 decameter (dkm) = 10 meters
1 hectometer (hm) = 100 meters
1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters

Table of Volume
1 liter (l) = 10 deciliters (dl)
1 liter = 100 centiliters (cl)
1 liter = 1,000 milliliters (ml)
1 decaliter (dkl) = 10 liters
1 hectoliter (hl) = 100 liters
1 kiloliter (kl) = 1,000 liters

Table of Weight
1 gram (g) = 10 decigrams (dg)
1 gram = 100 centigrams (cg)
1 gram = 1,000 milligrams (mg)
1 decagram (dkg) = 10 grams
1 hectogram (hg) = 100 grams
1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams



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