Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Inches, Feet, Yards, Miles

Conversion examples here! Memorize the basics!!

Customary and Metric Conversion

Bigger to smaller multiply
Smaller to bigger divide

CUSTOMARY
 
Customary Units of Length

1 foot (ft) = 12 inches (in)

1 yard (yd) = 3 feet

1 mile (mi) = 1,760 yards

Customary Units of Capacity

1 pint (pt) = 2 cups (c)

1 quart (qt) = 2 pints

1 gallon (gal) = 4 quarts

Customary Units of Weight

1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz)

1 ton (T) = 2,000 pounds
 
METRIC
 
Metric Units of Length

1 centimeter (cm) = 10 millimeters (mm)

1 decimeter (dm) = 10 centimeters

1 meter (m) = 10 decimeters

1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters

Metric Units of Capacity

1 liter (L) = 1,000 milliliters (mL)

Metric Units of Weight

1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams (g)