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Weights And Measures - In English

Length - Weight
- Area
Volume - Temperature - Speed - Tyre Pressure

centimetres
(cm)
cm or
inches
inches
(in)
2.54
1
0.394
5.08
2
0.787
7.62
3
1.181
10.16
4
1.575
12.70
5
1.969
15.24
6
2.362
17.78
7
2.756
20.32
8
3.150
22.86
9
3.543
25.40
10
3.937
50.80
20
7.874
76.20
30
11.811
101.60
40
15.748
127.00
50
19.685
Kilometres
(Km)
Km or
miles
miles
1.609
1
0.621
3.219
2
1.243
4.828
3
1.864
6.437
4
2.485
8.047
5
3.107
9.656
6
3.728
11.265
7
4.350
12.875
8
4.971
14.484
9
5.592
16.093
10
6.214
32.187
20
12.427
48.280
30
18.641
64.347
40
24.855
80.467
50
31.069

Kilograms
(Kg)
Kg or
lb
Pounds
(lb)
0.454
1
2.205
0.907
2
4.409
1.361
3
6.614
1.814
4
8.819
2.268
5
11.023
2.722
6
13.228
3.175
7
15.432
3.629
8
17.637
4.082
9
19.842
4.536
10
22.046
9.072
20
44.092
13.608
30
66.139
18.144
40
88.185
22.680
50
110.231
Tonnes
(T)
T or
UK tons
UK tonnes
(Metric Tonnes)
1.016
1
0.984
2.032
2
1.968
3.048
3
2.953
4.064
4
3.937
5.080
5
4.921
6.096
6
5.905
7.112
7
6.889
8.128
8
7.874
9.144
9
8.858
10.161
10
9.842
20.321
20
19.684
30.481
30
29.526
40.642
40
39.368
50.802
50
49.210

AREA
hectares
(ha)
ha or
acres
acres
0.405
1
2.471
0.809
2
4.942
1.214
3
7.413
1.619
4
9.884
2.023
5
12.355
2.428
6
14.826
2.833
7
17.297
3.237
8
19.769
3.642
9
22.240
4.047
10
24.711
8.094
20
49.421
12.140
30
74.132
16.187
40
98.842
20.234
50
123.553

Litres
( l )
Litres or
UK Gallons
Gallons
4.546
1
0.220
9.092
2
0.440
13.638
3
0.660
18.184
4
0.880
22.730
5
1.100
27.276
6
1.320
31.822
7
1.540
36.368
8
1.760
40.914
9
1.980
45.460
10
2.200
90.919
20
4.400
136.379
30
6.600
181.839
40
8.800
227.298
50
11.000

°F
32
40
50
60
70
75
85
95
105
140
175
212
 
°C
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
60
80
100

Km/h
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
 
mph
16
32
48
64
80
96
112
128
144
160
176
188


lb/sq in
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
34
 
kg/sq cm
1.41
1.55
1.69
1.83
1.97
2.11
2.25
2.39

 
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