A392

Ord. No. 54/87

(b) Imperial Units

1

square

mile

1 acre

1 rood

1 square yard

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

640 acres

= 4 840 square yards

= 1 210 square yards

= an area equal to that of a square each side of which

measures one yard

1 square foot

=

9

square yard

1 square inch

1

144

square foot

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

(b) Imperial Units

1 gallon

quart

1 pint

I gill

1 fluid ounce

= 4.546 09 cubic decimetres

2

1

=

-gallon

quart

pint

=

20

pint

(a) Metric Units

1 cubic metre

-

1 cubic decimetre

1 cubic centimetre

1 litre

1 decilitre

PART III

Measurement of Volume

a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one metre

0.001 cubic metre

= 0.001 cubic decimetre

= a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

= 0.1 litre

1 centilitre

=

0.01 litre

1 millilitre

(b) Imperial Units

= 0.001 litre

-

a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one yard

1 cubic yard

1

1 cubic foot

=

cubic yard

27

1

1 cubic inch

=

cubic foot

1 728

(a) Metric Units

1 hectolitre

PART IV

Measurement of Capacity

=

100 litres

1 litre

1 decilitre

= a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

= 0.1 litre

1 centilitre

=

0.01 litre

1 millilitre

=

0.001 litre

Ord. No. 54/87

A393

(a) Metric Units

1 tonne

1 kilogram

1 gram

PART V

Measurement of Mass or Weight

=

· 1 000 kilograms

= a unit of mass equal to the international prototype of

the kilogram kept by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures

0.001 kilogram

1 metric carat

1 milligram

(b) Imperial Units

1 ton

=

5

gram

0.001 gram

P

2 240 pounds

1 hundredweight

-

112 pounds

1 quarter

28 pounds

1 stone

14 pounds

1 pound

=

0.453 592, 37 kilogram exactly

1 ounce

=

pound

16

1 dram

pound

256

1

1 grain

pound

7 000

12

1 ounce troy

175

pound

(c) Chinese Units

1 picul (tam)

= 100 catties

1 catty (kan)

0.604 789 82 kilogram

1

1 tael (leung)

catty

16

1 mace (tsin)

catty

160

1

1 candareen (fan)

catty

1 600

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