Weights & Measures

Weights & Measures

Avoirdupois Weight
27-11/32 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 inches 1 standard bushel
231 cubic inches 1 US 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
31½ 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
5½ 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
7⅓ 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
30¼ 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 decometer 1.9884 rods
1 rod 0.5029 decameter
1 kilometer 0.621 mile
1 mile 1.609 kilometers

Square Measure
1 square centimeter 0.1550 square inch
1 square inch 6.452 square centimeters
1 square decimeter 0.1076 square centimeters
1 square foot 9.2903 square centimeters
1 square meter 1.196 square yards
1 square yard 0.8361 square meter
1 acre 160 square rods
1 square rod 0.00625 acre
1 hectare 2.47 acres
1 acre 0.4047 hectare
1 square kilometer 0.386 square miles
1 square 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 decimeters
1 cubic meter 1.308 cubic yards
1 cubic yard 0.7646 cubic meters
1 stere 0.2859 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 grams
1 kilogram 2.2046 pounds
1 pound 0.4536 kilograms
1 metric ton 0.984207 imperial ton