6th Grade Math Textbook, Fundamentals

Tables 439

Measurement Conversions

Length

Metric

1 millimeter (mm) 0.001 meter (m) 1 dekameter (dam) 10 meters
1 centimeter (cm) 0.01 meter 1 hectometer (hm) 100 meters
1 decimeter (dm)0.1 meter kilometer (km) 1000 meters

Customary
1 foot (ft)12 inches (in.) 1 mile (mi) 5280 feet
1 yard (yd) 3 feet 1 mile  1760 yards
1 yard36 inches

Customary to Metric

1 inch 2.54 centimeters 1 yard 0.914 meter
1 foot0.305 meter 1 mile  1.61 kilometer

Capacity and Volume

Metric

1 milliliter (mL)  0.001 liter (L) 1 kiloliter (kL) 1000 liters

Customary

3 teaspoons (tsp) 1 tablespoon (tbsp) 1 quart (qt) 2 pints
1 cup (c) 8 fluid ounces (fl oz) 1 quart 4 cups
1 pint (pt) 2 cups 1 gallon (gal)  4 quarts

Customary to Metric

1 fluid ounce 29.6 milliliters 1 quart0.946 liter

1 pint 0.473 liter 1 gallon  3.785 liters

Mass and Weight

Metric

1 milligram (mg) 0.001 gram (g) 1 metric ton (t) 1000 kilograms
1 kilogram (kg)  1000 grams

Customary

1 pound (lb) 16 ounces (oz) 1 ton (T) 2000 pounds

Customary to Metric

1 ounce 28.4 grams 1 pound 454 grams

Temperature

Metric

0° Celsius (C) ...... Water freezes 100° Celsius (C) .................. Water boils

Customary

32° Fahrenheit (F) ...... Water freezes 212° Fahrenheit (F) .............. Water boils

Time

1 century (cent.) 100 years (y) 1 leap year  366 days 1 day 24 hours (h)
1 year 12 months (mo) 1 year 52 weeks (wk) 1 hour 60 minutes (min)
1 year 365 days (d) 1 week 7 days 1 minute  60 seconds (s)