Metric Conversion Tables

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Although imperial (inches and feet) measures are still available, the UK now uses the metric (metres and centimetres) system as standard. For those who grew up with the imperial system, these tables can help you convert metric to imperial and vice versa.

One metre consists of 100 centimetres (cm) and 1,000 millimetres (mm). One thousand metres make one kilometre. In the tables below, to work out for instance how many centimetres you would need to be the equivalent of 18 inches multiply 18 by 2.54, ie look for one inch in the table below and multiply the number of inches by the number in the metric column given as centimetres. Imperial to metric conversion can never be exact so pick either the imperial or metric system to work with, and stick with that system throughout. Conversion figures below are given to the nearest two decimal points and are approximate values only.

Length

Imperial	Metric		Metric	Imperial
1 inch	2.54cm		1cm	0.39 inches
1 foot	30.48cm		1m	3.28 feet
1 yard	0.91m		1m	1.09 yards
1 mile	1.61km		1km	0.62 miles

Area

Imperial	Metric		Metric	Imperial
1 inch 2	6.45 cm 2		1cm 2	0.16 inches
1 foot 2	929 cm 2		1m 2	10.76 feet
1 yard 2	0.84 m 2		1m 2	1.2 yards
1 acre	0.4 hectares		1 hectare	2.47 acres

Volume

Imperial	Metric		Metric	Imperial
1 inch 3	16.39 cm 3		1cm 3	0.06 inches 3
1 foot 3	28,316.74 cm 3		1m 3	35.29 feet
1 fl oz	28.42 ml		1ml	0.04 fl oz
1 pint	568.3 ml		1 litre	1.76 pints
1 gallon	4.55 litres		1 litre	0.22
1 US gallon	3.79 litres		1 litre	0.26 US gallons
fl oz stands for fluid ounce ml stands for millilitres and there are 1,000 millilitres to the litre

Weight

Imperial	Metric		Metric	Imperial
1 ounce	28.35 grams		1 gram	0.035 ounce
1 pound	0.45kg		1kg	2.21 pounds
1 UK ton	1016kg		1 gram	0.98 UK tonnes
1 US ton	907kg		1 gram	1.1 US tonnes
kg stands for kilograms and there are 1,000 kilograms to one gram

Temperature

To convert Centigrade to Fahrenheit multiply by 1.8 and add 32.

To convert Fahrenheit to Centigrade subtract 32 and divide by 1.8.

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