Metric Conversions Cheat Sheet
1000 mg
1 gram
1000 mL
1 Liter
1000 mm
1 meter
100 cg
1 gram
100 cL
1 liter
lc:lOcm
1 meter
to dg
1 gram
10 dL
l·Liter
rodm
1 meter
Useful Conversion
Equivalents
(Metric
to English & English to
Metric)
to·
Lengths:
1 inch = 2.54 cm = 25.4mm
1 m = 39.37 inches
1 mile = 1609.3 m = 1.6093 km
Mass or Weight:
1 ounce = 28.35 g
1pound = 453.6 g = 16 ounces
1 g = 0.035 ounce = 15.43 grains
1 kg = 2.2 Ib
1 ton = 2000 Ibs = 0.907 metric ton
10 gram
1 dag
10 Liter
1 daL
10 meter
1 dam
100 gram
1 hg
100 Liter
1 hL
100 meter
lhm
1000 gram
lkg
1000 Liter
lkL
1000 meter
1km
1 metric ton =.1.10 tons = 1000 kg = 2200 Ibs
Volume:
1 L = 1 dm' = i.057 quarts
1 quart = 0.9463 L
1 ft' = 28.316 L = 29.92 quarts = 7.48 gallons
WATER only:
Density of water = 1 gfcm' = 62.4lbs/ft'
1 gallon of water weighs 8.34 Ibs
1 mL has 1 ern" volume and 1 g mass
51 Unit Prefixes
Pronunciation
Term
1 000 000 000 000 000 000 = 1018
exa
E
EHKS uh
One quintillion
1 000 000 000 000 000 = 1015
peta
P
PEHT uh
One quadrillion
1 000 000 000 000 = 1012
tera
T
TEHR uh
One trillion
1 000 000 000 = 10"
giga
G
liNG uh
One billion
mega
M
MEHG uh
One million
kilo
k
KIHL uh
One thousand
Multiplication
Factor
1 000 000 = 106
1000 = 103
Prefix
Symbol
hecto
h
HEHK toh
One hundred
deka
da
DEHK uh
ten
0.1 = 10-1
deci
d
DEHS uh
One tenth
0.01 = 10-2
centi
c
SEHN tuh
One hundredth
100
10
0.001 = 10-3
0.000 001 = 10-6
0.000 000 001 = 10-"
0.000 000 000 001 = 10-12
0.000 000 000 000 001 = 10-15
0.000 000 000 000 000 001 = 10-18
milli
micro
m
A
MIHLus
One thousandth
MY kroh
One millionth
nano
n
NANoh
One billionth
pico
P
PEEK oh
One trillionth
femto
f
FEHM toh
One quadrillionth
atto
a
AToh
One quintillionth
Temperature
Fahrenheit = (1.8 x Celsius) +32
Celsius = Kelvin - 273 .
Celsius
Kelvin
=
(Fahrenheit
= Celsius
- 32)/1.8
+ 273
(