Schedule B 2005 - Conversion

Conversion Tables for Measures and Weights

Table 1. United States to Approximate Metric Equivalent

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inches . . . . . . . . . centimeters . . . . . . 2.540

inches . . . . . . . . . millimeters . . . . . . 25.40

square inches. . . . . . square centimeters. . . 6.452

square inches. . . . . . square millimeters. . . 645.2

feet . . . . . . . . . . meters. . . . . . . . . 0.3048

square feet. . . . . . . square meters . . . . . 0.09290

yards. . . . . . . . . . meters. . . . . . . . . 0.9144

square yards . . . . . . square meters . . . . . 0.8361

ounces (avdp). . . . . . grams . . . . . . . . . 28.35

troy ounces. . . . . . . grams . . . . . . . . . 31.10

pounds (avdp). . . . . . kilograms . . . . . . . 0.4536

long tons. . . . . . . . metric tons . . . . . . 1.016

short tons . . . . . . . metric tons . . . . . . 0.9071

fluid ounces . . . . . . milliliters . . . . . . 29.57

quarts . . . . . . . . . liters. . . . . . . . . 0.9464

gallons. . . . . . . . . liters. . . . . . . . . 3.785

bushels. . . . . . . . . liters. . . . . . . . . 35.24

cubic feet . . . . . . . cubic meters. . . . . . 0.02832

cubic yards. . . . . . . cubic meters. . . . . . 0.7646

ounces per square yard . grams per square meter. 33.91

Table 2. Metric to Approximate United States Equivalent

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centimeters . . . . . . inches . . . . . . . . . 0.3937

millimeters . . . . . . inches . . . . . . . . . 0.03937

square centimeters . . . square inches. . . . . . 0.1552

square millimeters . . . square inches. . . . . . 0.01552

meters . . . . . . . . . feet . . . . . . . . . . 3.281

meters . . . . . . . . . yards. . . . . . . . . . 1.094

square meters . . . . . square feet. . . . . . . 10.76

square meters . . . . . square yards . . . . . . 1.195

grams. . . . . . . . . . ounces (avdp). . . . . . 0.03527

grams. . . . . . . . . . troy ounces. . . . . . . 0.03215

kilograms. . . . . . . . pounds (avdp). . . . . . 2.205

metric tons. . . . . . . long tons. . . . . . . . 0.9842

metric tons . . . . . . short tons . . . . . . . 1.102

milliliters . . . . . . fluid ounces . . . . . . 0.03381 

liters . . . . . . . . . quarts . . . . . . . . . 1.057

liters . . . . . . . . . gallons. . . . . . . . . 0.2642 

liters . . . . . . . . . bushels. . . . . . . . . 0.02838

cubic meters . . . . . . cubic feet . . . . . . . 35.31

cubic meters . . . . . . cubic yards. . . . . . . 1.308

grams per square meter . ounces per square yards. 0.0295