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Conversion Tables

Section: Stockmanship Standards

Conversions

Conversions
Distance
Imperial to metric Metric to Imperial
1 inch 2.54 centimetres 1 millimetre 0.03937 inch
1 foot 0.3048 metres 1 centimetre 0.3937 inch
1 yard 0.9144 metres 1 metre 1.094 yard
1 mile 1.6093 kilometres 1 kilometre 0.6214 mile
1 nautical mile 1.8532 kilometres 1 kilometre 1.539 nautical mile
Surface / Area
Imperial to metric Metric to Imperial
1 square inch 6.4516 sq. centimetre 1 sq.centimetre 0.1550 sq.inch
1 square foot 0.0929 sq.metre 1 sq.metre 10.76 square feet
1 square yard 0.8361 sq.metre 1 sq.metre 1.196 yards
1 acre 0.4047 hectare 1 hectare 2.4711 acres
1 square mile 259.0 hectares 1 hectare 0.00386 sq. miles
Volume / Capacity
Imperial to metric Metric to Imperial
1 cubic inch 16.387 cubic cm 1 cubic cm 0.061 cubic inch
1 cubic foot 0.0283 cubic metre 1 cubic decimetre 0.035 cubic foot
1 cubic yard 0.7646 cubic metre 1 cubic metre 1.308 cubic yard
Measures
Imperial to metric Metric to Imperial
1 pint 0.551 litres 1 US pint 0.473 litres
1 quart 1.136 litres 1 US quart 0.9463 litres
1 gallon 4.546 litres 1 US gallon 3.785 litres
1 bushel 26.369 litres 1 US bushel 35.24 litres
Avoirdupois Weight
Imperial to metric Metric to Imperial
1 ounce 28.35 grams 1 gram 0.035 ounce
1 pound 453.59 grams 1 kilogram 2.205 pounds
1 hundred weight 45.36 kilograms 1 tonne 0.984 ton
1 ton 1.016 tonnes  
Energy
Imperial to metric Metric to Imperial
1 Joule 0.220 Calorie 1 Calorie 4.184 Joule
Temperature
Celsius = (F? - 32?) divided by 1.8 Fahrenheit = (C? multiplied by 1.8) + 32?
Velocity
1 miles per hour 1.6093 kilometre per hour
1 foot per minute 0.3048 metres per minute
Metric Numbers
1 Picogram = 10-12g
1000 picograms = 1 nanogram (ng) or 10-9g
1000 nanograms = 1 microgram (?g) or 10-6g
1000 micrograms = 1 milligram (mg) or 10-3g
1000 milligrams = 1 gram (g)
1000 grams = 1 kilogram (kg)
ppm = mg/kg
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Extracted from Garth Pig Stockmanship Standards*
written by Dr John Carr, Iowa State University
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*Published by 5M Enterprises Limited

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