|
Customary |
Metric |
| Length |
| inch
- in |
foot
- ft |
yard
- yd |
mile
- mi |
| |
1 ft =
12 in |
1 yd =
36 in
1 yd = 3 ft |
1 mi=63,360 in
1 mi = 5280 ft
1 mi=1760 yd |
The distance between the knuckles on your index finger is approximately 1 inch. |
Your notebook is approximately 1 foot tall. |
A baseball bat is approximately 1 yard long. |
Long distances are measured in miles. The distance a vehicle travels is measured in miles. |
|
| centimeter -cm |
decimeter - dm |
meter - m |
kilometer - km |
| 1 cm=10
mm |
1
dm=100 mm
1 dm=10 cm |
1 m=
1000 mm
1 m=100 cm
1 m=10dm |
1 km=1,000,000
mm
1 km=100,000 cm
1 km=10,000 dm
1 km=1000 m |
A paperclip is approximately 1 centimeter wide. |
A crayon is approximately 1 decimeter long. |
The distance from the floor to the door knob is approximately 1
meter. |
The length of 6 city blocks is approximately 1 kilometer long. |
|
| Weight |
| ounce
- oz |
pound
- lb |
ton -
T |
| |
1 lb =
16 oz |
1 T =
32,000 oz
1 T = 2000 lb |
A slice a bread weighs about 1 ounce. |
A loaf of bread weighs about 1 pound. |
A car weighs about 1 ton. |
|
| gram |
kilogram |
| |
1 kilogram =
1000 grams |
A packet of sugar weighs about 1 gram. |
A book weighs about 1 kilogram. |
A car weighs about 1000 kilograms. |
|
| Capacity |
| cups - c |
pint - pt |
quarts - qt |
gallon - gal |
| |
1 pt =
2 c |
1 qt =
4 c
1 qt = 2 pt |
1 gal
= 16 c
1 gal = 8 pt
1 gal = 4 qt |
A small cup of coffee holds approximately 1 cup. |
A tall glass of lemonade or a bowl of soup holds approximately 1 pint. |
Oil comes in a quart-sized container. |
A large container of milk comes
in a 1 gallon container. |
|
| milliliter - ml |
liter - l |
| |
1 liter =
1000 milliliters |
Ten drops from a medicine dropper is approximately 1 milliliter. |
A bottle of cola is one liter. A very large bottle holds 3 liters. |
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